cohesive

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cohesive

/kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/ UK
/koʊˈhi.sɪv/ Canada, US
/kəʉˈhiː.sɪv/ Australia
[kəʉˈhɪi.sɪv] Australia
/kɐʉˈhiː.səv/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.

adjective more cohesive · most cohesive · cohæsive

Having cohesion. a team welded into a cohesive unit
Similar: coherent, cohesive, consociated, corporate, tenacious, unified, united

Opposite: incoherent, incohesive, loose, noncoherent, noncohesive, separate, unconnected

noun cohesives · cohæsive

A substance that provides cohesion The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods.
A device used to establish cohesion within a text The fourth of this group of cohesives is the anaphoric, same UT.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: united, adhesive, coherent, coherence, integrated, cohesion, consistency, unified, interdependent, unifying, unitary, interrelated, unanimous, union, associated, concerted

adjective

Opposite: incoherent, incohesive, loose, noncoherent, noncohesive, separate, unconnected

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adj having cohesion

Español	cohesivo
Português	coeso
Deutsch	zusammenhängend
Italiano	coeso
Ελληνικά	συνεκτικός synektikós
Română	coerent, coeziv
Русский	свя́занный svjázannyj, сплочённый spločónnyj
العربية	مُتَمَاسِك mutamāsik, مُتَنَاسِق mutanāsiq

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@misc{cohesive_2026,
  title = {cohesive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cohesive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}