Antonyms of adj inconsistent

3 senses of inconsistent

Sense 1
inconsistent (vs. consistent) -- (displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap")

consistent (vs. inconsistent) -- ((sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR)
        => accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant -- (in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background")
        => pursuant (predicate) -- ((followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with; "pursuant to our agreement"; "pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience")
        => reconciled -- (made compatible or consistent)
        => self-consistent -- (not self-contradictory)
        => unchanging -- (conforming to the same principles or course of action over time)

Sense 2
inconsistent -- (not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; "inconsistent accounts")

INDIRECT (VIA irreconcilable) -> reconcilable -- (capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine")

Sense 3
discrepant, inconsistent -- (not in agreement)

INDIRECT (VIA incongruous) -> congruous, congruent -- (corresponding in character or kind)

Similarity of adj inconsistent

3 senses of inconsistent

Sense 1
inconsistent (vs. consistent) -- (displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap")
       => at odds (predicate), conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory -- (in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley)
       => discrepant, incompatible -- (not compatible with other facts)
       => spotty, uneven, scratchy -- (lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty")
       => unconformable -- (not correspondent; "a description unconformable to previous accounts")
       => unreconciled -- (not made consistent or compatible; "two unreconciled accountings")
          Also See-> variable#1

Sense 2
inconsistent -- (not capable of being made consistent or harmonious; "inconsistent accounts")
       => irreconcilable (vs. reconcilable), unreconcilable -- (impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences")

Sense 3
discrepant, inconsistent -- (not in agreement)
       => incongruous (vs. congruous) -- (lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation")

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