adj · noun · 9 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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/kənˈsɪs.tənt/
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N S IH1 S T AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Compatible, accordant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformable, compliant, congruent, commensurate, compatible, conformant, congruous, consistent, in line, in step, proportionate, uniform
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a coherent argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coherent, logical, ordered
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective
Meaning 7
(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable- FDR
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inconsistent
8
adjective
Meaning 8
capable of being reproduced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reproducible
Antonyms: none provided
9
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
the same throughout in structure or composition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uniform
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsistēntem, present participle of cōnsistō (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh2ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh2- (“to stand (up)”)). By surface analysis, consist + -ent.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
հետեւողական
(hetewoġakan)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Azerbaijani:
ardıcıl
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Bulgarian:
последователен
(posledovatelen)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Bulgarian:
постоянен
(postojanen)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Catalan:
consistent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Chinese Mandarin:
一貫的 /一贯的
(yīguàn de)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Danish:
konsistent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Dutch:
veel voorkomend
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Dutch:
consequent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Estonian:
järjepidev
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Finnish:
johdonmukainen
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Finnish:
yhdenmukainen
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Finnish:
tasainen
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
French:
constant
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Galician:
constante
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
German:
beständig
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
German:
beharrlich
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
German:
konsequent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
German:
konstant
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
German:
verlässlich
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Hebrew:
עקבי ikví
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Hungarian:
következetes
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Hungarian:
konzekvens
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Indonesian:
panggah
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Indonesian:
konsisten
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Italian:
costante
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Italian:
continuo
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Latin:
congruens
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Malay:
tekal
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Polish:
konsekwentny
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Portuguese:
consistente
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Romanian:
consecvent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Russian:
после́довательный
(poslédovatelʹnyj)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Scottish Gaelic:
seasmhach
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Spanish:
consistente
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Swedish:
konsekvent
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Swedish:
följdriktig
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
Ukrainian:
послідо́вний
(poslidóvnyj)
— of a regularly occurring, dependable nature
