INCOHERENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INCOHERENT?

Need another word that means the same as “incoherent”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “incoherent” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Incoherent” are: tongue-tied, unclear, confused, muddled, unintelligible, incomprehensible, hard to follow, disjointed, disconnected, unconnected, disordered, mixed up, garbled, jumbled, scrambled, delirious, raving, babbling, hysterical, irrational

Incoherent as an Adjective

Definitions of "Incoherent" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incoherent” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Without logical or meaningful connection.
• (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship.
• Not logical or internally consistent.
• Of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation.
• (of a person) unable to speak intelligibly.
• (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.
• Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.

Synonyms of "Incoherent" as an adjective (20 Words)

babbling	(of flowing water) making a continuous murmuring sound. The noise of babbling tourists.
confused	Having lost your bearings confused as to time or place or personal identity. The confused information supplied by authorities.
delirious	Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. There was a great roar from the delirious crowd.
disconnected	Music marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds cut short crisply. I drove away feeling disconnected from the real world.
disjointed	Lacking orderly continuity. A disjointed fowl.
disordered	Not arranged in order. The small disordered room.
garbled	Lacking orderly continuity. I got a garbled set of directions.
hard to follow	Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
hysterical	Extremely funny. Janet became hysterical and began screaming.
incomprehensible	Not able to be understood; not intelligible. The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
irrational	Of a number quantity or expression not expressible as a ratio of two integers and having an infinite and non recurring expansion when expressed as a decimal Examples of irrational numbers are the number and the square root of 2. Irrational numbers.
jumbled	In utter disorder.
mixed up	Involving or composed of different races.
muddled	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. Such a view reflects muddled thinking.
raving	Used to emphasize a particular quality. Have you gone raving mad.
scrambled	Thrown together in a disorderly fashion. A scrambled plan of action.
tongue-tied	Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.
unclear	Not easily deciphered. Their future remains unclear.
unconnected	Not joined or linked together. The question was unconnected to anything they had been discussing.
unintelligible	Not clearly understood or expressed. Dolphin sounds are unintelligible to humans.

Usage Examples of "Incoherent" as an adjective

• He was incoherent with sentiment.
• The film is ideologically incoherent.
• Incoherent with grief.
• He screamed some incoherent threat.
• A turgid incoherent presentation.

Associations of "Incoherent" (30 Words)

absurd	An absurd state of affairs. The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd.
addle	(of an egg) become rotten, producing no chick. Being in love must have addled your brain.
amorphous	(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused. An amorphous characterless conurbation.
babble	Reveal something secret or confidential by talking carelessly. The answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation.
babbling	Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way. The constant babbling of the kids.
confused	Mentally confused unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. Interviewing confused old people does take longer.
disjointed	Separated at the joint. A disjointed fowl.
disordered	Lacking orderly continuity. A patient who is mentally disordered.
disorganized	Unable to plan one’s activities efficiently. A disorganized enterprise.
distributed	(of a term) used to include every individual of the class to which it refers. The figures of syllogisms all have properly distributed middle terms.
garbled	(of a message, sound, or transmission) confused and distorted; unclear. I got a garbled set of directions.
gibber	Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock. They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them.
gibberish	Unintelligible talking. He talks gibberish.
illogical	Lacking orderly continuity. An illogical fear of the supernatural.
irrational	An irrational number or quantity a surd. Irrational fears.
jumble	Be all mixed up or jumbled together. She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence.
maunder	Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. He maunders through the bank composing his thoughts.
muddle	Confuse (a person or their thoughts. She was able to cut through confusion and muddle.
mumble	Bite or chew (something) with toothless gums or without making much use of the teeth. She mumbled a piece of black bread.
murmur	The quiet or subdued expression of a particular feeling by a group of people. The wind was murmuring through the trees.
nonsense	Something ridiculously impractical or ill-advised. She s a strong woman who stands no nonsense.
opaque	An opaque thing. Opaque to X rays.
palaver	An improvised conference between two groups, typically those without a shared language or culture. Getting into each building was a bit of a palaver.
prattle	Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle.
scattered	(of a person) distracted or disorganized. A scattered clifftop community.
separated	Separated at the joint. Thought of herself as alone and separated from the others.
superstitious	Having or showing a belief in superstitions. Finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin.
unintelligible	Poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise. Dolphin sounds are unintelligible to humans.
unreasonable	Beyond the limits of acceptability or fairness. An unreasonable request.
untenable	(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. This argument is clearly untenable.