CONSISTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

consists

verb

present tense third-person singular of consist

as in corresponds

to be in agreement on every point that account consists with the information in the other reports

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Recent Examples of consists Recorded live in a Norwegian church with the British organist Kit Downes, the album consists almost entirely of pipe organ and Sundfør’s steadfast, saintly voice. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026 Their list consists primarily of interventions such as more per-pupil funding, banning cellphones and restricting artificial intelligence in the classroom. — Gustavo E. Fischman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The top third of the back of the TV consists only of the OLED panel and its metal frame, which combined are a fraction of an inch thick. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 The film consists largely of anonymous testimony from 24 members of Israel’s military and intelligence services. — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Grooming Foot grooming consists mostly of nail trimming and removing calluses and dead skin. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2026 While the company's revenue is set to expand, its customer base – which consists largely of the cloud computing giants that run enterprise workloads for businesses – appears to be growing more concentrated. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 One of Underground’s most memorable episodes consists entirely of an electrifying speech by Harriet Tubman (Aisha Hinds) to a crowd of northern abolitionists. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Their diet consists primarily of insects and other soil-dwelling creatures, including earthworms and grubs. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for consists

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Sensory input signals go through the brainstem before being directed to the center of the brain that corresponds to that sense.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
Neither corresponds to any investigation, case, incident, or call for service.

— Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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That coincides with Chinese research ships spending an extraordinary amount of time apparently surveying undersea cables—not to mention Chinese commercial ships being investigated for cutting cables in both European and Asian waters.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
The drama in the aforementioned case coincides with comedic actor Russell Brand’s rape trial in London.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

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What’s happened conforms to a classic pattern of far-left and far-right politics in France, and in Europe generally.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Related Stories InCheck reports summarize how a factory’s chemical inventory conforms to ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List, or MRSL.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026