Roget's Thesaurus

#46. Coherence

Nouns

coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering etc. v.; connection; dependence. tenacity, toughness; stickiness etc. 352; inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora. conglomerate, concrete etc. (density) 321.

Verbs

cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round etc. (join) 43. stick like a leech, stick like wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt. glue; agglutinate, conglutinate; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake, consolidate etc. (solidify) 321; agglomerate.

Adjectives

cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering etc. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky etc. 352. united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible; compact etc. (dense) 321.