Synonyms for congenial
- adjective
Most common
pleasant sociable amiable genial friendly sympathetic agreeable companionable
All synonyms
Adjective
sociable, amiable, pleasant, genial, agreeable, friendly, companionable, sympathetic, delightful, likable US, likeable UK, enjoyable, pleasurable, compatible, grateful, concordant, akin, consonant, cognate, cogenial, affable, cordial, amicable, harmonious, pleasing, gratifying
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
Related words
- Word family
- congeniality congenialness
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Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
- sociable Tom definitely needs to be a bit more sociable.
- amiable She is not only beautiful but also amiable.
- genial They were elderly men, and had genial voices.
- friendly My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
- sympathetic Mary told me that she thought Tom was sympathetic.
By length
- 4 letters
- akin2
- 6 letters
- genial2
- 7 letters
- cordial2, likable3, amiable4, affable3, cognate
- 8 letters
- friendly2, grateful2, pleasant2, pleasing2, sociable3, likeable3, amicable4, cogenial
- 9 letters
- enjoyable4, agreeable4, consonant3
- 10 letters
- compatible4, delightful3, harmonious4, gratifying4, concordant
- 11 letters
- sympathetic4, pleasurable4
- 13 letters
- companionable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (akin2 = 2 syllables).