incoherent[adjective]Synonyms: unintelligible, confused, disjointed, disordered, inarticulate, inconsistent, jumbled, muddled, rambling, stammering, stuttering
Antonyms: coherent
Contrasted words: ordered, orderly, connected, organized, planned, plotted
Related Words: discordant,
incompatible,
incongruous,
inconsistent,
inconsonant,
inharmonious [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
in‧co‧her‧ent AC /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt◂ $ -koʊˈhɪr-/
adjective [
Word Family: verb:
cohere;
noun:
coherence ≠
incoherence;
adverb:
coherently ≠
incoherently;
adjective:
coherent ≠
incoherent]
1. not expressed or organized clearly, and therefore difficult to understand:
an incoherent over-long action movie He called the policy ‘incoherent and ill thought-out’.2. speaking in a way that cannot be understood, because you are drunk, feeling a strong emotion etc:
Ben, drunk and incoherent, slumped in a chair.—incoherently adverb:
She began to mutter incoherently.—incoherence noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲