cohesive C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /koʊˈhisɪv/ UK /kəʊˈhiːsɪv/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj forming a united whole; sticking together The coach forged the recruits into a cohesive team. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · forming a united whole;... unifiedunitedintegratedconnectedcoherentsolidcompact ↔ Opposites disjointedfragmentedincoherentdisunited Word family Derived forms cohesivelycohesiveness Related forms cohesioncoherecoherent Etymology AI details From Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. cohaerēre Latin haerēre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cohesive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /koʊˈhisɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈhiːsɪv/ ## Meanings 1. forming a united whole; sticking together ## Examples - The coach forged the recruits into a cohesive team. ## Synonyms - unified - united - integrated - connected - coherent - solid - compact ## Antonyms - disjointed - fragmented - incoherent - disunited ## Derived Forms - cohesively - cohesiveness ## Related Forms - cohesion - cohere - coherent ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cohaerēre - Root: haerēre ## Etymology From Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. ## AI Etymology Cohesive comes from Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. The historical trail runs through cohaerēre in Latin and haerēre in Latin. Morphologically, cohesive is transparent: it draws on Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. Used as an adjective, cohesive now means "forming a united whole; sticking together", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as cohesively and cohesiveness and related forms such as cohesion, cohere, and coherent. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown