Antonyms for congenial
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kuhn-jeen-yuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒin yəl |
Definition of congenial
Origin :- 1620s, "kindred, sympathetic," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + genialis "of birth," thus, "kindred" (see genus). Sense of "agreeable" is first recorded 1711. Related: Congeniality.
- adj friendly, compatible
- I often tell her that they are, after all, her most congenial associates.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- From the hush of these places, it is congenial to pass into the hushed resorts of business.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The song had begun with celebrating a theme, that must for ever be congenial to every female breast.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Praise is congenial to every human sense; the voice of praise is ever grateful to the ear of virtue.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- These Artauds flourish in it all, as on a congenial dungheap.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- The turmoil and the uproar were congenial to my vexed spirit.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- For you there is a reality, a fit place and congenial duties.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Nor can the congenial be the good; for good is not the friend of good, as has been also shown.
- Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
- And desire is of what a man wants and of what is congenial to him.
- Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
- But then the congenial cannot be the same as the like; for like, as has been already shown, cannot be the friend of like.
- Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
Synonyms for congenial
- adapted
- affable
- agreeable
- amical
- clubby
- companionable
- compatible
- complaisant
- congruous
- consistent
- consonant
- conversable
- convivial
- cooperative
- cordial
- delightful
- favorable
- fit
- genial
- good-humored
- gracious
- happy
- harmonious
- jovial
- kindly
- kindred
- like-minded
- mellow
- pleasant
- pleasing
- regular fellow
- right neighborly
- sociable
- social
- suitable
- sympathetic
- well-suited
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