Meaning of HARMONIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | hâr'mowneeus
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"
- [adj] suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
- [adj] exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
- [adj] musically pleasing
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | appropriate, balanced, compatible, congruent, congruous, consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized, in harmony, on-key, proportionate, pure, symmetrical, sympathetic, symphonic, symphonious, true |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | inharmonious, unharmonious | | |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Har*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See
{Harmony}.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each
other; symmetrical.
God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and
beautiful without us. --Locke.
2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or
feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious
family.
3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant;
symphonious. -- {Har*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Har*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | accompanying, accordant, according, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, anal, answerable, arranged, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one, at one with, attuned, balanced, blended, blending, blissful, bourgeois, brotherly, businesslike, canorous, cheerful, chiming, chromatic, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, cold, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, colorific, coloring, combined, combining, commensal, commensurate, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compatible, complaisant, complementary, compulsive, concerted, concinnate, concinnous, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conformable, conformist, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint, conniving, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant, conspiratorial, contrapuntal, conventional, cool, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, cordial, correspondent, corresponding, coworking, desirable, dichromatic, dulcet, ecumenic, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, enjoyable, equal, equilateral, equivalent, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, eurythmic, even, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fellow, fine, finished, flowing, fluent, formal, formalistic, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly, genial, glowing, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, habitual, harmonic, harmonized, harmonizing, heart-warming, homophonic, honeyed, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in hand, in keeping, in line, in rapport, in step, in sync, in synchronization, in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, joint, kind, kosher, likable, like-minded, many-colored, matching, measured, medley, meeting, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodious, methodical, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monodic, monophonic, motley, musical, mutual, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, noncompetitive, normal, of a piece, of like mind, of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, ordered, orderly, orthodox, parasitic, parti-colored, peaceable, peaceful, pedantic, pigmentary, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, pleasure-giving, polychromatic, polyphonic, positive, precisianistic, prismatic, proportionate, proportioned, rainbow, reciprocal, reconcilable, regular, rewarding, routine, saprophytic, satisfying, self-consistent, silvery, simpatico, sisterly, smooth, smooth-sounding, sociable, sonorous, spectral, square, steady, straight, stuffy, sweet, symbiotic, symmetric, symmetrical, sympathetic, sympathique, symphonic, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, systematic, tinctorial, tingent, together, toning, traditionalist, tripping, tuned, tuneful, unanimous, uncompetitive, understanding, unhostile, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting, uptight, usual, variegated, warm, welcome, well-affected, well-balanced, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, well-ordered, well-regulated, well-set |
| |
|
|
|