Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cogency
2 senses of cogency
Sense 1
cogency -- (persuasive relevance)
=> relevance, relevancy -- (the relation of something to the matter at hand)
Sense 2
cogency, validity, rigor, rigour -- (the quality of being valid and rigorous)
=> credibility, credibleness, believability -- (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)