Synonyms for incoherent
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Disjointed
disjointed, disconnected, illogical, inarticulate, rambling, unconnected, garbled, inconsistent, unintelligible, confused, incongruous, tongue-tied, desultory, unrelated, fuzzy, disordered, detached, wild, jerky, loose, lax, vague
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not coherent. Not making logical sense; not logically connected or consistent.
After just a few drinks, he becomes incoherent.
Related words
- Word family
- incoherency incoherence
Example sentences
- disconnected I called Tom, but his number's been disconnected.
- illogical When you think of it, this fear of dying is illogical.
- disjointed Tom's speech was convoluted and disjointed and was very hard to follow.
- inarticulate He became inarticulate after just a couple of beers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incoherent | rising | |
| disconnected | rising | |
| illogical | steady | |
| disjointed | rising | |
| inarticulate | steady | |
| discontinuous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- wild1
- 5 letters
- loose1, vague1, fuzzy2, jerky2
- 7 letters
- garbled2
- 8 letters
- confused2, detached2, rambling2
- 9 letters
- unrelated4, illogical4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- disordered3, disjointed3, uncoherent
- 11 letters
- unconnected4, incongruous4
- 12 letters
- inconsistent4, disconnected4, inarticulate5
- 13 letters
- discontinuous
- 14 letters
- unintelligible6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fuzzy2 = 2 syllables).