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Definition of COHERE

1

to be in agreement on every point <the account in his journal coheres with the official report of the battle>

Synonyms accord, agree, answer, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally

Related Words equal, match, parallel; align (also aline), line up, register

Near Antonyms contradict, dispute, gainsay; negate, nullify; clash, conflict, jar

Antonyms differ (from), disagree (with)

2

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members <beset by personal animosities, the people of the neighborhood could not cohere into an effective civic association>

Synonyms associate, band (together), club, coalesce, cohere, confederate, conjoin, cooperate, federate, league, unite

Related Words cabal, collaborate, gang up, hang together, team (up); incorporate, organize, unionize; affiliate; amalgamate, combine, conglomerate, consolidate, converge, group, join, merge; knot, link, tie, wed

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, dissolve, disunite, divorce, part, segregate, separate, sever, split, sunder; alienate, estrange, fall out

Antonyms break up, disband