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cohesive
Meaning: sticking together firmly to form a unified whole
cohesive in a sentence
How cohesive is used in real sentences:
The coach praised the team for playing as a cohesive unit all season.
The committee's proposal felt cohesive, since every section built naturally on the ideas before it.
“The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 seemed to provide a cohesive settlement: its provisions linked peace, territorial transfer, and a river boundary into one agreement.”
— from the passage Where the River Moved
Synonyms for cohesive
Other words for cohesive — unified, integrated and consolidated — carry the same meaning.
- unified
- integrated
- consolidated
Antonyms of cohesive
Words that mean the opposite of cohesive:
- fragmented
- disjointed
Where it comes from
From Latin cohaerere 'to stick together'
Word parts
- here/hes — stick, cling
cohesive: co- (together) + hes (stick) + -ive (having the quality of)
Memory hook
CO-HESIVE — like glue holding a group together as one.