Harmonious

3 definitions found

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

  Harmonious \Har*mo"ni*ous\ (h[aum]r*m[=o]"n[i^]*[u^]s), a. [Cf.
     F. harmonieux. See {Harmony}.]
     1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each
        other; symmetrical.
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              God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and
              beautiful without us.                 --Locke.
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     2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or
        feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious
        family.
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     3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant;
        symphonious. -- {Har*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {Har*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harmonious
       adj 1: musically pleasing [ant: {inharmonious}]
       2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
          of an entity or between different entities [syn: {proportionate},
           {symmetrical}]
       3: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious
          with her military bearing" [syn: {appropriate}]
       4: existing together in harmony; "harmonious family
          relationships"

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

  280 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmonious":
     accompanying, accordant, according, affable, affirmative,
     agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, anal, answerable,
     arranged, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one,
     at one with, attuned, balanced, blended, blending, blissful,
     bourgeois, brotherly, businesslike, canorous, cheerful, chiming,
     chromatic, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate,
     coefficient, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident,
     coinciding, cold, collaborative, collective, collectivist,
     collectivistic, collusive, colorific, coloring, combined,
     combining, commensal, commensurate, common, communal, communalist,
     communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compatible,
     complaisant, complementary, compulsive, concerted, concinnate,
     concinnous, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
     conformable, conformist, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
     conniving, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent,
     consonant, conspiratorial, contrapuntal, conventional, cool,
     cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, cordial,
     correspondent, corresponding, coworking, desirable, dichromatic,
     dulcet, ecumenic, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, enjoyable,
     equal, equilateral, equivalent, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious,
     eurythmic, even, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific,
     felicitous, fellow, fine, finished, flowing, fluent, formal,
     formalistic, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly, genial,
     glowing, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, habitual,
     harmonic, harmonized, harmonizing, heart-warming, homophonic,
     honeyed, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert,
     in concord, in hand, in keeping, in line, in rapport, in step,
     in sync, in synchronization, in tune, in unison, inaccordance,
     inharmony, joint, kind, kosher, likable, like-minded, many-colored,
     matching, measured, medley, meeting, mellifluous, mellisonant,
     mellow, melodious, methodical, monochromatic, monochrome,
     monochromic, monodic, monophonic, motley, musical, mutual,
     neighborlike, neighborly, nice, noncompetitive, normal, of a piece,
     of like mind, of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, ordered,
     orderly, orthodox, parasitic, parti-colored, peaceable, peaceful,
     pedantic, pigmentary, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
     pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polychromatic, polyphonic, positive,
     precisianistic, prismatic, proportionate, proportioned, rainbow,
     reciprocal, reconcilable, regular, rewarding, routine, saprophytic,
     satisfying, self-consistent, silvery, simpatico, sisterly, smooth,
     smooth-sounding, sociable, sonorous, spectral, square, steady,
     straight, stuffy, sweet, symbiotic, symmetric, symmetrical,
     sympathetic, sympathique, symphonic, symphonious, synchronized,
     synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, systematic,
     tinctorial, tingent, together, toning, traditionalist, tripping,
     tuned, tuneful, unanimous, uncompetitive, understanding, unhostile,
     uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting, uptight, usual,
     variegated, warm, welcome, well-affected, well-balanced,
     well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
     well-ordered, well-regulated, well-set