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congenial

congenial

13 6.0
Pleasant and easy to like because it suits your interests
  • adjective
  • /kənˈdʒiːniəl/
: agradable
  • She found a congenial group of friends who shared her love for hiking and adventure.
  • congenial atmosphere
  • more congenial
  • most congenial

It is more congenial to him in every way.

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Examples

  • There are, then, many choices available to the naturalist in discovering a congenial spiritual practice.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Well, the work's congenial.

  • No possible solution could be more congenial to me than this.

  • Do you find our border country congenial, my lord?

  • Nothing could have been more congenial to the United States' commercial interests.

    Academic text (2001)
  • "Excellent salary, congenial working conditions..."

  • Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Instead, I loved playing doubles with a congenial partner and congenial opponents.

    Academic text (1991)
  • As it turned out, Pan found his hosts in a quite congenial mood already.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The English fireside is as congenial an institution as your culture has to offer.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

pleasant
vscongenial
323 1.0

Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment

emphasizes suitability to one's tastes not only an enjoyable feeling
agreeable
vscongenial
22 1.0

Pleasant to be with or to experience

means it suits someone's character rather than general enjoyment
amiable
vscongenial
19 3.4

Friendly and pleasant in a way people like

focuses on matching a person's tastes and temperament instead
simpatico
vscongenial
6 6.2

Being friendly and easy to get along with

is about fitting someone's tastes and character rather than only harmony

Antonyms

183 1.0

Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness

5 3.9

Unpleasant to do or feel and causing annoyance

How Pleasant

warm
321 1.0
friendly
763 1.0
congenial
13 6.0
pleasant
323 1.0
agreeable
22 1.0

Surface Forms

congenial positive
congenialer comparative
congenialest superlative

Etymology

Congenial comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and gen- 'birth', the same root as generate and generation. So a congenial person or place is 'of the same kind' as you and therefore pleasant and fitting.