Found 3 hits - Term: congenial, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
congenial \congen"ial\ ?; 106, a. pref. con- + genial.
1. partaking of the same nature; allied by natural
characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
1913 webster
congenial souls whose life one avarice joins.
--pope.
1913 webster
two congenial spirits united . . . by mutual
confidence and reciprocal virtues --t. l.
peacock
2. naturally adapted; suited to the disposition; as, a
congenial atmosphere to work in. "congenial clime." --c.
j. fox.
1913 webster
to defame the excellence with which it has no
sympathy . . . is its congenial work. --i. taylor.
1913 webster
3. bot. capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted;
-- used of plants.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
congenial
adj 1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature; "a
congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial
spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal
virtues"- t.l.peacock syn: agreeable ant: uncongenial
2: used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being
grafted
see also:
agreeable uncongenial
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
162 moby thesaurus words for "congenial":
accordant, affable, affinitive, affirmative, agnate, agreeable,
agreeing, akin, allied, amiable, amicable, answerable,
appertaining, associative, at one, attuned, blissful, brotherly,
cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coexistent,
coexisting, cognate, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
commensurate, communicative, companionable, companionate,
comparable, comparative, compatible, complaisant, concordant,
concurring, conformable, congeneric, congenerous, congruent,
congruous, connate, connatural, connected, connective,
consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, conspecific,
cooperating, cooperative, cordial, correlative, correspondent,
corresponding, courteous, desirable, dulcet, empathetic, empathic,
en rapport, enate, enjoyable, equivalent, fair, fair and pleasant,
favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society,
fond of society, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly,
genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious,
harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, hospitable, in accord,
in agreement, in concert, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization,
in tune, inaccordance, inharmony, kind, likable, like-minded,
linking, mellifluous, mellow, neighborlike, neighborly, nice,
of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, peaceable,
peaceful, pertaining, pertinent, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
pleasure-giving, pleasureful, positive, proportionable,
proportional, proportionate, reconcilable, referable, referring,
relating, relational, relative, responsibilities, rewarding,
satisfying, self-consistent, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social,
social-minded, sweet, symbiotic, sympathetic, sympathique,
synchronized, synchronous, together, unanimous, understanding,
unhostile, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, urbane, welcome,
well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning,
well-meant
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