congenial
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6.0
- 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.
- It is more congenial to him in every way.
- Is being a congenial, friendly partner the same as being codependent?
- And then they turn out not to be quite so congenial as you thought.
- Such a gentleman, such a gentleman, so congenial.
- The army, for reasons I've just said that is Christianity, is not at first glance congenial to people who fight for a living.
- And so there's aspects of not just Plato, but also the Platonic tradition that I find quite congenial in, in my own thinking.
- And hopefully they need to take place in a way that's congenial and respectful and not, you know, filled with hatred and vitriol and poison.
- Now, this is highly congenial to the world view of a scientist, and it is pretty much the worst nightmare to a postmodernist.
- OK, they had a speaker that was talking about being congenial and high character.
Examples
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There are, then, many choices available to the naturalist in discovering a congenial spiritual practice.
Academic text (2002) -
Well, the work's congenial.
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No possible solution could be more congenial to me than this.
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Do you find our border country congenial, my lord?
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Nothing could have been more congenial to the United States' commercial interests.
Academic text (2001) -
"Excellent salary, congenial working conditions..."
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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
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1.0
Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment
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3.4
Friendly and pleasant in a way people like
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1.0
Pleasant to be with or to experience
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6.2
Being friendly and easy to get along with
Antonyms
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
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.