cognomen, n. surname, last name, family name, patronymic; name, title, honorific, style, designation, appellation; epithet, appellative, by-word, label, tag, SI. handle; nickname, SI. moniker, sobriquet, agnomen, by-name, pet name, diminutive; pseudonym, anonym, allonym, alias, assumed name, pen name, nom de plume, Fr. nom de guerre, stage name, Fr. nom de theatre.
cohabit, v. live together, lodge together, reside together, abide together, stay together; bed down with, SI. shack up with; room together, room with, SI. buddy up.
cohere, v. 1. stick, adhere, cleve, accrete, cling, clasp; fasten, attach, bind, fuse, seal, fix; conglutinate, join, conjoin, coalesce, unify, unite; combine, amalgamate, consolidate, connect, come together, converge; congeal, gel, gelatinize, gelatinate, jelly, set; thicken, coagulate, clot, clabber, curdle; solidify, harden, cake. 2. follow, make sense, be evident, stand to reason, be clear, be logical, be consistent, square with; hold good, hold water, hold up, stand; come together, be convergent; hang together, be unified, be organized.
coherence, n. 1. cohesion, adherence, accretion, sticking; attachment, firm hold, fixity, agglutination; coalescence, union, junction, fusion; glutinousness, glutinosity, viscidity, viscosity, tenacity, inseparability, indivisibility; congelation, solidification, set, concretion, cementation; amalgamation, consolidation, connection, convergence.
2. logic, rationality, Rhet. concinnity, intelligence; comprehensibility, apprehensibility, understandability, intelligibleness, intelligibility, decipherability, penetrability.
3. consistency, congruity, accord, accordance, agreement, congruity, concord, concordance, conformity, unity; harmony, consonance, rapport, relation.
coherent, adj. 1. adherent, adhering, sticking, cohering, accreted, conglutinate, agglutinate; glued, cemented, fixed; fused, joined, conjoined, indivisible, inseparable; tenacious, adhesive, cohesive, agglutinative, conglutinative, accretive, concretive, sticky; glutinous, viscid, viscous; curdled, congealed, Archaic. coagulative, Obs. coagulated, solidified, set; united, consolidated, combined, coalesced, coalescent, convergent, converging.
2. connected, unified, in agreement, accordant, concordant, congruent, congruous, concurrent; harmonious, consonant, in rapport.
3. consistent, logical, rational; cognizable, comprehensible, apprehensible, understandable, intelligible, decipherable, penetrable.
cohesion, n. coherence, adherence, accretion, sticking. See - coherence (def. 1).
cohort, n. 1. troop, brigade, legion, squadron, squad, phalanx, platoon, column, unit, wing, battery, contingent, detachment; group, band, company, body, party, gang, crew, outfit, team.
2. following, cortege, retinue, entourage, suite, train, court.
3. partner, comrade, associate, companion; consort, confrere, sidekick, crony, friend, Inf. buddy, Chiefly Brit. mate.
coiffure, n. hairdo, haircut, blowcut, comb-out, permanent, permanent wave, Inf. coif; pixie, pageboy, bob, shag; upsweep, undo, pompadour, ducktail, beehive; bun, chignon; plait, braid, cornrows, Archaic. tress; afro, SI. fro, natural.
coil, v. 1. wind, spiral, curl, intort, twist, twirl, roll, intervolve, convolve, turn; clew, ball; curve, in-curvate, sinuate; wrap around, entwine, twine, wreathe; reel, unwind, Naut. worm; rotate, revolve, wheel; interweave, Both Chiefly Brit, wattle, raddle; plait, braid, plat; screw, contort; meander, wander, ramble.