cogent
Meaning of cogent
adjective
- (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.
they put forward cogent arguments for British membership
the newspaper's lawyers must prepare a cogent appeal
mid 17th century: from Latin cogent- ‘compelling’, from the verb cogere, from co- ‘together’ + agere ‘drive’.
Information about cogent
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of cogent
co-gent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- cogent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cogent synonyms
Meaning telling:
Meaning capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real:
Meaning not able to be refuted; inspiring conviction:
Meaning (of an argument or case) likely to succeed because of sound reasoning or convincing evidence:
Meaning strong and assertive; vigorous and powerful:
Meaning having a strong effect on people's feelings or thoughts:
Meaning having great power, influence, or effect:
Meaning (of an argument or point) having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable or cogent:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable:
Meaning successful in producing a desired or intended result:
Meaning (of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective:
Meaning evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill; grand, imposing, or awesome:
Meaning good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation:
Meaning too attractive and tempting to be resisted:
Meaning fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing:
Meaning able to be believed; convincing:
Meaning having great influence on someone or something:
Meaning (of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive:
Meaning unable to be answered:
Meaning able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable:
Meaning characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning:
Meaning based on logic or good sense:
Meaning based on or in accordance with reason or logic:
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning expressed clearly; easy to understand:
Meaning (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent:
Meaning done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical:
Meaning neatly and methodically arranged:
Meaning done according to a systematic or established procedure:
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently:
Meaning acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be fair or accurate:
Meaning closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered:
cogent antonyms
Meaning of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning:
Meaning failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid:
Meaning not arranged in order; untidy:
Translation of cogent
- Spanish: convincente, contundente
- German: überzeugend
- French: convaincant
- Italian: convincente
Words that rhyme with cogent
Gent, gent, CollagENT, Imagent, agent, coagent, counteragent, interagent, misagent, newsagent, nonagent, reagent, subagent, superagent, underagent, Grandgent, archregent, coregent, interregent, nonregent, omnilegent, omniregent, proregent, regent, subregent, viceregent, Sulligent, cononintelligent, corrigent, diligent, dirigent, eligent, exigent, figent, hyperintelligent, indigent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, nondiligent, nonexigent, nonintelligent, nonnegligent, overdiligent, overnegligent, perdiligent, preintelligent, prenegligent, superintelligent, supernegligent
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