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congruous
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of CONGRUOUS
1
having the parts agreeably related <the congruous layout of the mansion's formal gardens conveys a sense of both grandeur and intimacy>
Related Words even, proportioned, regular, symmetrical (or symmetric); aesthetic (also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical), artistic, becoming, elegant, graceful, tasteful; agreeable, felicitous, pleasant, pleasing, satisfying; coherent, cohesive, compatible, coordinated, correspondent, matched, matching; Apollinian, Apollonian
Near Antonyms asymmetrical (or asymmetric), disordered, irregular, skewed, unequal, uneven, unsymmetrical; distasteful, graceless, inartistic, inelegant, tasteless, unaesthetic, unbecoming, ungraceful, unlovely; disagreeable, displeasing, dissatisfying, infelicitous, unfortunate, unpleasant, unsightly; clashing, conflicting, disunited, incompatible, uncoordinated
2
not having or showing any apparent conflict <when performing his official duties, the president must be dressed in clothes that are congruous with his high position>
Synonyms accordant, coherent, compatible, concordant, conformable (to), congruent, congruous, consonant, correspondent (with or to), harmonious, nonconflicting
Related Words self-consistent; appropriate, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitting, meet, proper, right, suitable
Antonyms conflicting, conflictive, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, noncompatible
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