consistent
If you get the same Donkey Kong score every time you play, you're consistent. It's consistent with video-game addiction, however, that you will continue to play in the hopes of beating that score.
Consistent is related to the word consist, which refers to what something is made of—"bread dough consists of flour, water, and salt." Consistency describes texture—a consistent consistency would be brownies as rock-hard in the center as they are at the edge––hopefully, next time you bake you'll get inconsistent results.
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the same throughout in structure or composition“bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product”
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synonyms:
uniform
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homogeneous, homogenous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
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homogeneous, homogenous
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marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
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seamless
perfectly consistent and coherent
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logical
capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
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rational
consistent with or based on or using reason
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antonyms:
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incoherent
without logical or meaningful connection
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confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
lacking orderly continuity
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fuzzy
confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
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illogical, unlogical
lacking in correct logical relation
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irrational
not consistent with or using reason
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seamless
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(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable“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"- FDR”
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synonyms:
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accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant
in keeping
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pursuant
(followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with
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reconciled
made compatible or consistent
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self-consistent
not self-contradictory
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unchanging
conforming to the same principles or course of action over time
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invariable
not liable to or capable of change
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antonyms:
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inconsistent
displaying a lack of consistency
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at odds, conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory
in disagreement
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discrepant, incompatible
not compatible with other facts
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scratchy, spotty, uneven
lacking consistency
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unconformable
not correspondent
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unreconciled
not made consistent or compatible
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variable
liable to or capable of change
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accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant
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consistent in performance or behavior
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synonyms:
dependable, rock-steady, steady-going
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steady
not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
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steady
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capable of being reproduced
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synonyms:
reproducible
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duplicable, duplicatable
capable of being duplicated
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antonyms:
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irreproducible, unreproducible
impossible to reproduce or duplicate
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inimitable
defying imitation; matchless
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unrepeatable
unique
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duplicable, duplicatable
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Vocabulary lists containing consistent
A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content area standards, and examinations yields the following list of words compiled by Jim Burke. You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if you do not understand the directions.
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