CONSISTENT

coherent, consistent, logical, ordered

(adjective) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; “a coherent argument”

consistent

(adjective) (sometimes followed by ‘with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable; “testimony consistent with the known facts”; “I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war”- FDR

consistent, uniform

(adjective) the same throughout in structure or composition; “bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product”

reproducible, consistent

(adjective) capable of being reproduced; “astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

Compatible, accordant.

(logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Antonyms

• contradictory

• incompatible

• inconsistent

Noun

consistent (plural consistents)

(in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.

(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Hypernyms

• (kind of penitent): penitent

Anagrams

• centonists

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*sist"ent, a. Etym: [L. consistens, p.pr.: cf. F. consistant.]

1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey.

2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope. With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions. It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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