Congenial

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Congenial \Con*gen"ial\ (?; 106), a. [Pref. con- + genial.]
     1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural
        characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
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              Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins.


                                                    --Pope.
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              two congenial spirits united . . . by mutual
              confidence and reciprocal virtues     --T. L.
                                                    Peacock
  
     2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition; as, a
        congenial atmosphere to work in. "Congenial clime." --C.
        J. Fox.
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              To defame the excellence with which it has no
              sympathy . . . is its congenial work. --I. Taylor.
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     3. (Bot.) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted;
        -- used of plants.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congenial
       adj 1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature; "a
              congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial
              spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal
              virtues"- T.L.Peacock [syn: {agreeable}] [ant: {uncongenial}]
       2: used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being
          grafted

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  162 Moby Thesaurus words for "congenial":
     accordant, affable, affinitive, affirmative, agnate, agreeable,
     agreeing, akin, allied, amiable, amicable, answerable,
     appertaining, associative, at one, attuned, blissful, brotherly,
     cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coexistent,
     coexisting, cognate, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
     commensurate, communicative, companionable, companionate,
     comparable, comparative, compatible, complaisant, concordant,
     concurring, conformable, congeneric, congenerous, congruent,
     congruous, connate, connatural, connected, connective,
     consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, conspecific,
     cooperating, cooperative, cordial, correlative, correspondent,
     corresponding, courteous, desirable, dulcet, empathetic, empathic,
     en rapport, enate, enjoyable, equivalent, fair, fair and pleasant,
     favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society,
     fond of society, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly,
     genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious,
     harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, hospitable, in accord,
     in agreement, in concert, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization,
     in tune, inaccordance, inharmony, kind, likable, like-minded,
     linking, mellifluous, mellow, neighborlike, neighborly, nice,
     of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, peaceable,
     peaceful, pertaining, pertinent, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
     pleasure-giving, pleasureful, positive, proportionable,
     proportional, proportionate, reconcilable, referable, referring,
     relating, relational, relative, responsibilities, rewarding,
     satisfying, self-consistent, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social,
     social-minded, sweet, symbiotic, sympathetic, sympathique,
     synchronized, synchronous, together, unanimous, understanding,
     unhostile, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, urbane, welcome,
     well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning,
     well-meant