Consistent \Con*sist"ent\, a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F.
consistant.]
1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
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The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
--Harvey.
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2. Having agreement with itself or with something else;
having harmony among its parts; possesing unity;
accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not
contradictory.
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Show me one that has it in his power
To act consistent with himself an hour. --Pope.
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With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be
free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
--South.
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3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or
professions.
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It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and
a conspirator. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
consistent
adj 1: (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 [ant:
inconsistent]
2: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly
presentation" [syn: logical, ordered, orderly]
3: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible
results can be obtained" [syn: reproducible] [ant: unreproducible]
4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous
coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous
product" [syn: uniform]
WordNet (r) 2.0
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "consistent":
accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, answerable,
at one, authoritative, automatic, balanced, binding, clean-cut,
clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coexistent,
coexisting, cogent, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate,
compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable, conforming,
congenial, congruent, congruous, connected, consecutive,
consentaneous, consentient, consonant, constant, continuous,
cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, crisp,
crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, dependable, devoted,
direct, distinct, en rapport, equable, equal, equivalent, even,
explicit, express, faithful, firm, flat, good, harmonious,
homogeneous, immutable, in accord, in agreement, in harmony,
in keeping, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance,
inharmony, invariable, joined, just, lawful, legal, legitimate,
level, like-minded, limpid, logical, loud and clear, loyal, lucid,
luminous, marble-constant, measured, mechanical, methodic,
monolithic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours,
ordered, orderly, pellucid, persistent, perspicuous, plain,
positive, predictable, proportionate, reconcilable, regular,
robotlike, self-consistent, sequent, sequential, serial, simple,
smooth, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady,
straightforward, substantial, sufficient, symbiotic, sympathetic,
synchronized, synchronous, systematic, tight, translucent,
transparent, transpicuous, true, true-blue, unambiguous, unanimous,
unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unconfused,
undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unequivocal,
unfailing, uniform, uninterrupted, unisonant, unisonous, univocal,
unmistakable, unruffled, unswerving, unvaried, unvarying, valid,
weighty, well-defined, well-founded, well-grounded
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
CONSISTENT. That which agrees with something else; as a consistent
condition, which is one which agrees with all other parts of a contract, or
which can be reconciled with every other part. 1 Bouv. Just. n. 752,
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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