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co·gnac noun : a French brandy

cog·nate adjective 1 : of the same or similar nature

2 : RELATED; especially : related by descent from the same ancestral language

— cognate noun

cog·ni·tive adjective : of, relating to, or being conscious intellectual activity (as thinking, remembering, reasoning, or using language)

— cog·ni·tion noun

— cog·ni·tive·ly adverb

cog·ni·zance noun 1 : apprehension by the mind : AWARENESS

2 : NOTICE, HEED

3 : particular knowledge : conscious recognition

Synonyms

attention, awareness, ear, eye, heed, notice, observance, observation—more at ATTENTION

cog·ni·zant adjective : knowledgeable of something esp. through personal experience

Synonyms

alive, aware, conscious, mindful, sensible, sentient—more at CONSCIOUS

cog·no·men noun, plural cognomens or cog·no·mi·na : a word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of a person or thing : NAME; especially : NICKNAME

Synonyms

alias, nickname—more at NICKNAME

appellation, denotation, designation, handle, name, title—more at NAME

co·gno·scen·te noun, plural -scen·ti [ORIGIN: obs. It]

: CONNOISSEUR

cog·wheel noun : a wheel with cogs or teeth

co·hab·it verb : to live together as husband and wife

— co·hab·i·ta·tion noun

co·here verb co·hered; co·her·ing 1 : to stick together

2 : to become united in principles, relationships, or interests

co·her·ence noun : the quality or state of being coherent

Synonyms

balance, consonance, harmony, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity—more at HARMONY

co·her·ent adjective 1 : having the quality of cohering

2 : logically consistent

— co·her·ent·ly adverb

Synonyms

analytic, good, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, sober, sound, valid—more at LOGICAL

co·he·sion noun 1 : a sticking together

2 : molecular attraction by which the particles of a body are united

— co·he·sive adjective

— co·he·sive·ly adverb

— co·he·sive·ness noun

Synonyms

adherence, adhesion—more at ADHESION

co·ho noun, plural cohos or coho : a rather small Pacific salmon with light-colored flesh

co·hort noun 1 : a group of warriors or followers

2 : one that keeps company with another : COMPANION, ACCOMPLICE

Synonyms

accomplice, associate, companion, comrade, crony, fellow, mate—more at ASSOCIATE

coif noun 1 : a close-fitting hat

2 : COIFFURE

coif·feur noun [ORIGIN: F]

: HAIRDRESSER

coif·feuse noun : a female hairdresser

coif·fure noun : a manner of arranging the hair

1coil verb : to wind in a spiral shape

Synonyms

curl, entwine, spiral, twine, twist, wind—more at WIND

2coil noun : a series of rings or loops (as of coiled rope, wire, or pipe) : RING, LOOP

1coin noun [ORIGIN: ME, wedge, corner, image on a coin, fr. AF coing, fr. L cuneus wedge]

1 : a piece of metal issued by government authority as money

2 : metal money

2coin verb 1 : to make (a coin) esp. by stamping : MINT

2 : CREATE, INVENT <~ a phrase>

— coin·er noun

coin·age noun 1 : the act or process of coining

2 a : something that has been coined

b : COINS

Synonyms

concoction, contrivance, creation, innovation, invention, wrinkle—more at INVENTION

co·in·cide verb -cid·ed; -cid·ing 1 : to occupy the same place in space or time

2 : to correspond or agree exactly

Synonyms

accord, agree, answer, check, comport, conform, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, square, tally—more at CHECK

co·in·ci·dence noun 1 : exact agreement

2 : occurrence together apparently without reason; also : an event that so occurs

co·in·ci·dent adjective 1 : of similar nature

2 : occupying the same space or time

Synonyms

attendant, concomitant, concurrent; also contemporaneous, contemporary, simultaneous, synchronous; associated, collateral, connected, related; consequent, resultant, resulting; ensuing, following, subsequent; accidental, casual, chance, fluky, fortuitous, freak, incident, incidental

co·in·ci·den·tal adjective : occurring or existing at the same time

co·i·tus noun [ORIGIN: L, fr. coire