Congruous

3 definitions found

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

  Congruous \Con"gru*ous\, a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come
     together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
     Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious;
     correspondent; consistent.
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           Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair.
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           It is no ways congruous that God should be always
           frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congruous
       adj 1: corresponding in character or kind [syn: {congruent}] [ant:
              {incongruous}]
       2: suitable or appropriate together

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

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "congruous":
     accordant, advantageous, advisable, affirmative, agreeable,
     agreeing, answerable, appropriate, at one, becoming, befitting,
     coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding,
     commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable,
     congenial, congruent, consentaneous, consentient, consistent,
     consonant, convenient, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent,
     corresponding, decent, desirable, en rapport, equivalent,
     expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting,
     fructuous, good, happy, harmonious, in accord, in agreement,
     in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony,
     like-minded, likely, meet, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind,
     on all fours, opportune, politic, positive, profitable, proper,
     proportionate, recommendable, reconcilable, right, seasonable,
     seemly, self-consistent, sortable, suitable, symbiotic,
     sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, timely, to be desired,
     unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, useful, well-timed, wise,
     worthwhile