Congenial

Definition: Congenial

Congenial

Adjective

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.

2. Used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted.

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Date "congenial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Congenial \Con*gen"ial\, adjective. [Prefix con- genial.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Congenial

Agreement

Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.

Concord

Adjective: concordant, congenial; agreeing;Verb: in accord; Noun: harmonious, united, cemented; banded together; allied; friendly; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind; (assent).

Love

Congenial; after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart.

Crosswords: Congenial

Portuguese (sympathetic), Spanish (congenial, congenital, inborn, inbred).

Books

• A Congenial Fellowship (reference)

• Comfort Food for Congenial Times (reference)

• Congenial Souls: Reading Chaucer from Medieval to Postmodern (Medieval Cultures, V. 30) (reference)

• Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf (reference)

• Nurses, Colleagues, and Patients: Achieving Congenial Interpersonal Relationships (reference)

  (more book examples)

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U.S. Marines - "Soldiers of the sea" Good pay - foreign travel - congenial employment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Still any mind, that has had in this life any keen interest, not in itself sinful, will surely find itself some congenial line of work hereafter.

Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The most basic daily routines may be affected � from socializing with friends and enjoying normal and congenial relationships with family members to earning a living and taking care of a home. Faced with a very different life, people need encouragement to remain as active and involved as possible. (references)

Political Economy

Panama

Current U.S.-Panama relations are generally congenial and businesslike, with both countries cooperating on important law enforcement, trade and investment, and other international issues. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Traditional and conservative by nature, the Nepalese are congenial people who take pride in their national heritage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "congenial": congenial tastes. Additional references.

Albanian

të ngjashëm, që shkojnë me njeri tjetrin, i pëlqyeshëm (likable, likeable, palatable, pleasurable). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متجانس روحا وطبعا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сроден (affined, agnate, allied to, associated, cognate, connected, filial, kin, kindred, parotid, related, relational, sib, sister, sympathetic), свойствен (habitual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic, peculiar, proper, specific), привлекателен (alluring, appealing, attractive, catching, catchy, cute, debonair, desirable, engaging, enticing, fetching, ingratiating, interesting, inviting, lickerish, likable, likeable, likely, lovable, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, seductive, sightly, taking, tempting, winsome, yummy), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, sensible, suitable, suited, sympathetic, worthy). (various references)

Chinese 

投机 (speculative), 意氣相投 . (various references)

Czech

sympatický (engaging, likable, likeable, winsome), příjemný (agreeable, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, good, jolly, neighborly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, Savory, smooth, snug, suave, sweet, winning, winsome), milý (agreeable, appealing, bonny, dear, decent, gratifying, heartthrob, kind, lovable, love, man, nice, own, winning), kongeniální. (various references)

Farsi 

همخو (Univocal), هم مشرب , هم سلیقه , دارای تجانس روحی . (various references)

Finnish

samanhenkinen. (various references)

French

convenable (comeliness, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct), sympathique (companionable), agréable (companionable, courteous, courtly). (various references)

German

geistesverwandt. (various references)

Greek 

όμοιοσ (alike, even, like, likewise, same, similar, throw back), συμπαθήσ, ευχάριστοσ (agreeable, consonant, convivial, cosy, cozy, delectable, engaging, gladsome, groovy, jaunty, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, satisfactory), ταιριαστόσ (apposite, becoming). (various references)

Hebrew 

קרוב ברוחו. (various references)

Hungarian

rokon szellemű, kedvező (approbation, clement, expedience, expediency, fair, favorable, favourable, fortunate, friendly, preferential, prosperous, subservient), hasonló beállítottságú. (various references)

Indonesian

menyenangkan (agreeable, amusing, comfortable, cozy, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, groovy, pleasant). (various references)

Italian

congeniale (sympathetic), simpatico (agreeable, amiable, decent, delightful, likeable, nice, pleasant, simpatico, sympathetic), affine (allied, analogous, cognate, kindred, near). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

性に合う (to agree with one, to be congenial). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しょうにあう (to agree with one, to be congenial). (various references)

Manx

taitnyssagh (acceptable, amiable, amusing, appealing, charmed, delectable, delightful, enchanting, endearing, enjoyable, entertaining, grateful, likeable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, scrumptious), cosoyllagh (presumable). (various references)

Pig Latin

ongenialcay

Portuguese

conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congruous, convenient, due, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable, timely, well-timed, wieldy), próprio (becoming, correct, due, fit, fitting, good, herself, himself, itself, meet, own, particular, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very), agradável (agreeable, amiable, comely, cushy, delectable, delightful, easy, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, genial, gladsome, glorious, good-humored, good-humoured, goodly, good-natured, kindly, lovely, merry, music, musical, neat, nice, nutty, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, racy, restful, snug, sober-blooded, soft, songful, stunner, suave, taking, welcome, well-done, well-natured). (various references)

Romanian

corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, normal, reciprocal, relative, respondent, several, suitable), simpatic (attractive, attractively, inclination, ingratiating, kindly, likable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, shine, sympathetic), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), apropiat (close, fast, forthcoming, intimate, kindred, near), înrudit (affined, agnate, akin, allied, cognate, congeneric, congenerous, connected, kin, kindred, related). (various references)

Russian 

близкий по духу, подходящий (apposite, appropriate, appropriative, apt, assorted, congruous, convenient, correct, eligible, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fit, germane, in point, likely, opportune, pertinent, pointful, propitious, suitable, suited, well-becoming, well-matched). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kongenijalan. (various references)

Spanish

congenial (congenital, inborn, inbred), simpático (charming, darling, decent, friendly, genial, likeable, lovely, nice, pleasant, sympathetic), agradable (agreeable, capacious, comfortable, enjoyable, genial, goodly, likable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, satisfying, welcome). (various references)

Swedish

sympatisk (endearing, genial, likable, likeable, lovable, loveable, sympathetic), besläktad (affined, akin, allied, cognate, congenerous, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related), behaglig (agreeable, attractive, cushy, delectable, easy, enjoyable, fair, genial, goodly, graceful, kind, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, Savory, savoury). (various references)

Turkish

cana yakın (amiable, approachable, conversable, forthcoming, friendly, genial, gracious, hail-fellow-well-met, lovable, personable, sympathetic, warmhearted, warm-hearted), uyumlu (accommodating, canorous, coherent, compatible, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, consentient, consequent, consonant, deferent, deferential, elastic, eurhythmic, harmonic, harmonious, melodious, responsive, rhythmic, supple, symphonious, tuneful, unisonous, well-matched), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), sempatik (caring, engaging, likable, likeable, lovable, outgoing, sympathetic), kafa dengi, hoş (affable, agreeable, beautiful, bonny, canny, charming, clean-cut, debonair, debonaire, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, elegant, enjoyable, fine, fragrant, handsome, jolly, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prettily, pretty, sapid, smart, smooth, suave, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome). (various references)

Ukrainian

сприятливий (accessory, advantageous, auspicious, benefic, benign, bright, conducive, conducive to, contributory, favorable, favourable, fortunate, kindly, opportune, profitable, propitious, prosperous, subservient, white), споріднений (affined, agnate, akin, allied, cognate, connate, connected, consanguineous, kindred, related, sib), конгеніальний (connate, sympathetic), властивий (appropriate, built in, facultative, immanent, incident, incidental, inherent, innate, native, proper, resident), близький (agnate, akin, allied, approximate, contiguous, familiar, intimate, near, nearby, neighbor, neighbour, nigh), природжений (born, congenital, connate, habitual, inborn, inbred, ingrain, ingrained, ingrown, inherent, innate, native, natural, organic, original, true born, unschooled). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cùng tính tình, cùng tính chất, thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, compatible, congruous, congurent, fitting, meet, met, pertinent, properly, suitable), thông cảm nhau, tương đắc hợp với, hợp nhau, ăn ý nhau. (various references)

Welsh

cydnaws. (various references)

com-, iucunda, iucundo, iucundum, iucundus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "congenial": congenialities, congeniality, congenially. (additional references)

Words ending with "congenial": uncongenial. (additional references)

Words containing "congenial": uncongenialities, uncongeniality. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Congenial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Confeniae, congenitl, congential, conginial, congnial, convential. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: canoeing, cleaning, enlacing.

-2 letters: alencon, aneling, angelic, anglice, cannoli, cloning, coaling, coinage, congeal, eanling, encinal, galenic, lancing, leaning, loaning.

-3 letters: aeonic, agonic, alnico, ancone, canine, caning, cannel, cannie, cineol, coigne, conine, coning, eloign, encina, enolic, eolian, eonian, genial, glance, goalie, incage, inlace, lacing, legion, linage, longan, nonage, oilcan, online.

-4 letters: acing, agile, agone, algin.

+1 letter: concealing, congealing, congenital.

+2 letters: congelation, congenially, consignable, nonallergic, uncongenial.

+3 letters: concealingly, congelations, congeniality, congenitally, conglutinate, convalescing, geosynclinal, hallucinogen, overcleaning, uncoalescing.

+4 letters: acknowledging, conglutinated, conglutinates, congressional, constellating, contemplating, encouragingly, hallucinogens, housecleaning, magniloquence, meningococcal, monogenically, nonallergenic, noncollegiate, overbalancing, preganglionic, reinoculating.

+5 letters: agglutinogenic, antitechnology, concelebrating, congenialities, conglomerating, conglomeration, congregational, countervailing, dechlorinating, encephalitogen, eugeosynclinal, grandiloquence, hallucinogenic, housecleanings, magniloquences, neurogenically, nongeometrical, nonideological, nontheological, organochlorine, porcelainizing, uncongeniality, unrecognizable, unrecognizably.