Synonyms of cohering

cohering

verb

present participle of cohere

1

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point

the account in his journal coheres with the official report of the battle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponding
• coinciding
• conforming
• consisting
• agreeing
• fitting
• harmonizing
• sorting
• rhyming
• checking
• dovetailing
• according
• squaring
• answering
• aligning
• going
• tallying
• comporting
• matching
• chording
• jibing
• paralleling
• equaling
• falling in with
• registering
• lining up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differing (from)
• contradicting
• disagreeing (with)
• disputing
• conflicting
• nullifying
• negating
• clashing
• jarring
• gainsaying

2

as in cooperating

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 & Similar Words

• cooperating
• uniting
• collaborating
• merging
• coalescing
• federating
• organizing
• allying
• consolidating
• confederating
• conjoining
• converging
• clubbing
• joining
• pulling together
• associating
• banding (together)
• grouping
• combining
• incorporating
• amalgamating
• closing ranks
• leaguing
• linking
• affiliating
• unionizing
• teaming (up)
• tying
• ganging up
• hanging together
• knotting
• caballing
• conglomerating
• wedding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separating
• splitting
• disbanding
• dissolving
• breaking up
• segregating
• detaching
• severing
• disengaging
• parting
• divorcing
• alienating
• disuniting
• sundering
• falling out
• estranging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cohering

Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

During the controversy that followed, his disdain for women began cohering into a political identity. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

In this show the palette shifted from the artist’s familiar Pepto-Bismol pink to slightly more somber shades, of saffron, eggplant, and rose; the colors had a touch of Bob Thompson about them, blocky flat shapes cohering into apparitions. — Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025