consistent

/kənˈsɪstənt/

/kənˈsɪstənt/

If you get the same Donkey Kong score every time you play, you're consistent. It's consistent with video-game addiction, however, that you will continue to play in the hopes of beating that score.

Consistent is related to the word consist, which refers to what something is made of—"bread dough consists of flour, water, and salt." Consistency describes texture—a consistent consistency would be brownies as rock-hard in the center as they are at the edge––hopefully, next time you bake you'll get inconsistent results.

Definitions of consistent

1. adjective

   the same throughout in structure or composition
   “bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product”

   synonyms: uniform

   homogeneous, homogenous

   all of the same or similar kind or nature
2. adjective

   marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
   synonyms: coherent, logical, ordered

   seamless

   perfectly consistent and coherent

   logical

   capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning

   rational

   consistent with or based on or using reason
3. adjective

   (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”

   synonyms:

   accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant

   in keeping

   pursuant

   (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with

   reconciled

   made compatible or consistent

   self-consistent

   not self-contradictory

   unchanging

   conforming to the same principles or course of action over time

   invariable

   not liable to or capable of change

   antonyms:

   inconsistent

   displaying a lack of consistency

   at odds, conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory

   in disagreement

   discrepant, incompatible

   not compatible with other facts

   scratchy, spotty, uneven

   lacking consistency

   unconformable

   not correspondent

   unreconciled

   not made consistent or compatible

   variable

   liable to or capable of change
4. adjective

   consistent in performance or behavior
   synonyms: dependable, rock-steady, steady-going

   steady

   not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
5. adjective

   capable of being reproduced
   synonyms: reproducible

   duplicable, duplicatable

   capable of being duplicated