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in harmony with

in harmony with

15 3.7
Agreeing with someone or fitting well with something
  • idiom
translation icon : en armonía con
  • And so I learned to live in harmony with nature, thanks to Mabutu.
  • live in harmony with
  • in harmony with nature
  • work in harmony with

I want to be able to be in harmony with others.

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Examples

  • Live in harmony with the law.

  • The simple ways of the Amish lifestyle put them in harmony with the natural world around them.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I want to be able to be in harmony with others.

  • It's about feeling good in your body, being in in harmony with your community and the earth.

  • And life is meant to be lived in harmony with other people, helping other people be great and doing great things with each other.

  • For billions of years, the planet Earth was home to many beautiful and wonderful creatures, all living in harmony with their environment.

  • None of this seems to bother the Afar, who live in harmony with their tumultuous surroundings.

    Academic text (2011)
  • That's the idea of yoga or true spirituality, to actually learn to live in harmony with one's own self.

  • This Earth Day, Dr Faulkner and four carefully chosen, qualified scientists will seal themselves inside, their mission to sustain life for one year while living in harmony with nature.

  • We need to figure out a way to live in harmony with nature.

Synonyms

consistent
vsin harmony with
305 3.3

Agreeing with something else and not contradicting it

is the broader idea of alignment rather than non contradiction
in agreement
vsin harmony with
71 2.1

Being of the same opinion as other people

covers broader alignment or matching beyond just shared views
in tune
vsin harmony with
31 3.7

Agreeing and working well with other people or ideas

is a general term for alignment without implying personal understanding
in concert with
vsin harmony with
12 3.5

Working together with others to reach the same goal

refers to alignment or matching without implying joint action
keeping
vsin harmony with
12 3.6

Being similar to or matching something

is the active phrase for matching rather than the named state
agreeable
vsin harmony with
  • Formal
6 4.9

In line with rules or facts

is a neutral expression for general alignment without formality
in step
vsin harmony with
6 3.5

Doing something at the same time and in the same way as someone else

means being aligned in idea or match rather than physical synchrony
consonant
vsin harmony with
3 6.0

A thing that is in agreement with another idea or fits its ideas

is the wider phrase for being aligned rather than smooth fit
concordant
vsin harmony with
1 7.3

In agreement with others or showing the same result

is the general idea of being aligned rather than exact match
congruous
vsin harmony with
  • Formal
1 7.3

Being a good match with something else

is a broader idea of alignment not only fitting or suitability
accordant
vsin harmony with
7.6

Agreeing with rules, plans, or beliefs

focuses on broad alignment rather than specific matching or conformity

Antonyms

60 4.8

Not agreeing with someone or something

How Harmonious

in harmony with
15 3.7
in agreement
71 2.1
consistent
305 3.3
at odds
60 4.8
to conflict
135 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

in + harmony + with

The phrase 'in harmony with' is compositionally built from 'in' (indicating a state), 'harmony' (mutual agreement or compatibility), and 'with' (indicating relation), so the meaning 'in agreement/consistent with' is directly inferable from the parts. This construction is cross‑linguistically common and follows standard English prepositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely understand it.

Etymology

In harmony with comes from music: when notes or singers sound well together they are in harmony. So saying something is in harmony with something else means it is 'in agreement' or fits well with it.