cohesive

Language: en

🇺🇸 /koʊˈhiːsɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Characterized by or causing cohesion; sticking together; united or interconnected as a whole.; Logically connected and consistent; forming a unified whole in terms of ideas, arguments, or narrative.; Relating to the physical property of cohesion, where particles of the same substance are attracted to and hold together with each other.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more cohesive Superlative: most cohesive

Collocations

cohesive groupcohesive forcecohesive unitsocially cohesivecohesive societycohesive team

Derivatives

cohesioncohesivelycohesivenesscoherecoherentcoherence

Synonyms

unitedunifiedintegratedbondedcoherentsolid

Antonyms

fragmenteddisjointeddividedincoherent

Commonly confused

coherent
EN: 'Coherent' emphasizes logical consistency and clarity of thought or expression; 'cohesive' emphasizes the quality of sticking together as a unified whole.
cohesion
EN: 'Cohesion' is the noun form referring to the state or quality of being cohesive; 'cohesive' is the adjective describing something that exhibits cohesion.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'cohesive' has a single 's' and ends in '-ive', not '-sive'. Do not confuse it with 'coherent' which has a different suffix and meaning.

💬 Examples

  1. The team worked well together and formed a cohesive unit that consistently outperformed expectations.

  2. The essay lacked a cohesive argument, jumping from one unrelated point to another.

  3. Water molecules exhibit cohesive forces that allow them to form droplets on a surface.