About The Word Cogent
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Cogent
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What's The Definition Of Cogent?
[adj] powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
[adj] having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cogent: forceful | influential | potent | powerful | telling | weighty Related Terms | Find terms related to Cogent: acute | admissible | advantageous | apperceptive | appercipient | argute | armipotent | astute | auspicious | authoritative | beneficial | benevolent | binding | bon | bonny | braw | bueno | capital | commendable | compelling | consequential | consistent | constraining | convincing | credible | discerning | dynamic | effective | elegant | energetic | estimable | excellent | expedient | fair | famous | farseeing | farsighted | favorable | fine | forceful | forcible | foreseeing | foresighted | forethoughted | forethoughtful | good | goodly | grand | healthy | helpful | high-potency | high-powered | high-pressure | high-tension | in force | in power | incisive | inducing | influential | irresistible | just | justifiable | justified | kind | laudable | lawful | legal | legitimate | logical | longheaded | longsighted | meaningful | mighty | mighty in battle | momentous | nice | noble | operative | penetrating | perceptive | percipient | perspicacious | perspicuous | persuasive | piercing | plausible | pleasant | potent | powerful | prepotent | profitable | provident | puissant | rational | reasonable | regal | royal | ruling | sagacious | sane | satisfactory | satisfying | self-consistent | sensible | significant | skillful | solid | sound | splendid | striking | strong | substantial | sufficient | telling | trenchant | understanding | useful | valid | very good | vigorous | virtuous | vital | weighty | well-argued | well-founded | well-grounded | wholesome See Also | Cogent In Webster's Dictionary \Co"gent\ (k[=o]"j[e^]nt), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of
cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See
{Agent}, a., and cf. {Coact} to force, {Coagulate}, p. a.]
1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]
The cogent force of nature. --Prior.
2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will;
constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily
reasisted.
No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More.
Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall.
The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.
--Cowper.
Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive;
convincing; conclusive; influential.
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