Standard Lemma guide

cohesive

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /koʊˈhi.sɪv/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /kəʉˈhiː.sɪv/
  • Australian: [kəʉˈhɪi.sɪv] cultivated
  • New-Zealand: /kɐʉˈhiː.səv/
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW0 HH IY1 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having cohesion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a team welded into a cohesive unit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A substance that provides cohesion

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A device used to establish cohesion within a text

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

causing cohesion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cohesive agent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cohesive organization

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَمَاسِك (mutamāsik) — having cohesion
  • Arabic: مُتَنَاسِق (mutanāsiq) — having cohesion
  • Bulgarian: свързващ (svǎrzvašt) — having cohesion
  • Bulgarian: зацепващ (zacepvašt) — having cohesion
  • Catalan: cohesiu — having cohesion
  • Czech: soudržný — having cohesion
  • Esperanto: kohera — having cohesion
  • Finnish: yhdistävä — having cohesion
  • German: zusammenhängend — having cohesion
  • Greek: συνεκτικός (synektikós) — having cohesion
  • Indonesian: kohesif — having cohesion
  • Italian: coeso — having cohesion
  • Malay: jeleket — having cohesion
  • Malay: kohesif — having cohesion
  • Manx: co-ghreimmagh — having cohesion
  • Manx: co-haait — having cohesion
  • Manx: lhiantynagh — having cohesion
  • Persian: منسجم (monsajem) — having cohesion
  • Portuguese: coeso — having cohesion
  • Romanian: coerent — having cohesion
  • Romanian: coeziv — having cohesion
  • Russian: свя́занный (svjázannyj) — having cohesion
  • Russian: сплочённый (spločónnyj) — having cohesion
  • Spanish: cohesivo — having cohesion
  • Swedish: sammanhängande — having cohesion
  • Turkish: bağlı — having cohesion
  • Turkish: yapışık — having cohesion
  • Turkish: yapışkan — having cohesion