English Explanatory Dictionary

consistent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
  2. Compatible, accordant.
  3. Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
noun
  1. Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
  2. A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɪstənt/ en-us-consistent.ogg en-au-consistent.ogg

Word forms

consistent more consistent most consistent consistents

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)”)).

Synonyms

conformable compliant congruent commensurate compatible conformant congruous consistent in line in step proportionate uniform

Antonyms

contradictory incompatible inconsistent

Related words

consist consistence consistency inconsistent

Derived words

consistent life ethic consistently consistify equiconsistent nonconsistent paraconsistent photoconsistent selfconsistent self-consistent sparsistent unconsistent
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