incoherent
Impossible to follow
Incoherent describes speech, writing, or thought that fails to hang together—jumbled, disjointed, hard to follow.
Someone incoherent with rage or grief can't form clear sentences.
An incoherent argument lacks logical connection between its parts.
The word implies not just confusion but a breakdown in the structure that would make meaning possible: He was incoherent after the accident.
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- mumblingIndistinct, quiet speech
- slurringIndistinct, blurred speech
garbled · inarticulate · stammering · blathering · prattle · drivel · jabbering · muttering
Contrary to valid reasoning
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
fallacious · unfounded · flawed · absurd · senseless · unreasonable · unsound · specious
Lacking orderly sequence
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
jumbled · disorganized · meandering · convoluted · tangled · muddled · unclear · confusing
Unable to understand
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- deliriousMentally unhinged temporarily
- addledConfused, unable to focus
befuddled · foggy · stupefied · groggy · muddled · bewildered · semiconscious · feverish
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- mumblingIndistinct, quiet speech
slurring · garbled · inarticulate · stammering · blathering · prattle · drivel · jabbering · muttering · nonsensical
illogical
Contrary to valid reasoning
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
nonsensical · fallacious · unfounded · flawed · absurd · senseless · unreasonable · unsound · specious · invalid
disjointed
Lacking orderly sequence
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
scattered · jumbled · disorganized · meandering · convoluted · tangled · muddled · unclear · confusing · patchwork
confused
Unable to understand
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- deliriousMentally unhinged temporarily
addled · befuddled · foggy · stupefied · groggy · muddled · bewildered · semiconscious · feverish · sedated
vague
Unclear, ill-defined
fuzzy · indistinct · ambiguous · opaque · cryptic · hazy · blurred · muddy · imprecise · indefinite
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- irrationalityirrationality, unreason, illogic, madness, insanity
- Electromagnetic Wavesvisible light, radio waves, infrared light, ultraviolet light, gamma rays
- arrangementsarrangement, orchestration, arranged, array, configuration
incoherentcoherent
Logically connected throughout
logical · organized · systematic · structured · orderly
incoherentarticulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
lucid · clear · intelligible · understandable · comprehensible
incoherence, incoherently, incoherency, incoherences, incoherencies