Synonyms for harmonious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Congruous
congruous, amicable, agreeable, symmetrical, balanced, congruent, compatible, consistent, cordial, friendly, proportioned, sympathetic, proportionate, uniform, conformable, unanimous, accordant, correspondent, reconcilable, congenial, amiable, commensurate
2. Melodious — melodious; in harmony
melodious, tuneful, sweet, musical, mellifluous, dulcet, euphonious, euphonic, honeyed, canorous, mellisonant rare
3. Consonant
consonant, harmonic, concordant, harmonized, symphonious, symphonic
4. Brotherly
brotherly, neighborly US, neighbourly UK, fraternal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Melodious; in harmony.
The choir’s voices blended in a harmonious melody.
- adj. 2
Showing accord in feeling or action.
The team worked in a harmonious atmosphere, achieving great results.
- adj. 3
Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.
Related words
- Word family
- harmoniousness
Example sentences
- symmetrical The layout of the prison was fairly symmetrical.
- agreeable All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes.
- amicable I'm still hoping there'll be an amicable agreement.
- melodious The Ukrainian language is very melodious.
- tuneful His singing was surprisingly tuneful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| harmonious | steady | |
| symmetrical | falling | |
| agreeable | steady | |
| amicable | steady | |
| congruous | steady | |
| melodious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1
- 6 letters
- dulcet2
- 7 letters
- musical3, uniform3, cordial2, amiable4, honeyed, tuneful2
- 8 letters
- friendly2, peaceful2, balanced2, harmonic3, amicable4, euphonic, canorous
- 9 letters
- unanimous4, agreeable4, consonant3, fraternal3, brotherly3, symphonic3, congruent3, congenial3, melodious4, peaceable3, congruous, accordant
- 10 letters
- consistent3, compatible4, harmonized3, neighborly3, concordant, euphonious
- 11 letters
- sympathetic4, symmetrical4, mellifluous, neighbourly3, conformable, mellisonant, symphonious
- 12 letters
- commensurate4, proportioned3, reconcilable
- 13 letters
- correspondent4, proportionate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dulcet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- harmonieux
- Italiano
- armonioso
- Español
- armonioso
- Deutsch
- harmonisch