Dictionary

congenial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈd͡ʒiːniəl/

Etymology

From con- + genial.

Meanings

1. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
   • No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes. 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIX:
2. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests. ▸ Friendly or sociable.
   • The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
3. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests. ▸ Suitable to one’s needs.
   • What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato? 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, pages 453–468:
4. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests. ▸ Agreeable to one's disposition.
   • To the question 'what is a "mechanical" process?' Turing returned the characteristic answer 'Something that can be done by a machine' and he embarked on the highly congenial task of analysing the general notion of a computing machine. 1995, Robin Gandy, “The Confluence of Ideas in 1936”, in The Universal Turing Machine—A Half-Century Survey:

Forms

Antonyms

uncongenial · uncongenial · uncongenial · uncongenial

Deriveds

congenially · incongenial · congenialize · congenialness · congeniality

Translations (71)

pt útil (suitable to one’s needs) · ca congenial (having the same nature) · pt compatível (suitable to one’s needs) · gv cocheintagh (having the same nature) · ru схо́дный (having the same nature) · oc convenable (suitable to one’s needs) · ru дружелю́бный (friendly) · de gleichgesinnt (having the same nature) · bg бли́зък (having the same nature) · pl arcymiły (friendly) · fi miellyttävä (friendly) · az həmxasiyyət (having the same nature) · pt congenial (having the same nature) · es congenial (having the same nature) · sv sympatisk (friendly) · de wesensgleich (having the same nature) · fr sympathique (friendly) · nl vriendelijk (friendly) · vi dễ gần (friendly) · fi mieluinen (suitable to one’s needs) · fr agréable (suitable to one’s needs) · de geistesverwandt (having the same nature) · ca semblant (having the same nature) · de zusagend (suitable to one’s needs) · oc pariu (having the same nature) · bg схо́ден (having the same nature) · fr semblable (having the same nature) · bg подходя́щ (suitable to one’s needs) · ga taitneamhach (friendly) · de angenehm (friendly) · pt simpático (friendly) · oc simpatic (friendly) · sv kongenial (having the same nature) · nl sympathiek (friendly) · de passend (suitable to one’s needs) · pt parecido (having the same nature) · oc compatible (suitable to one’s needs) · de vom selben Naturell (having the same nature) · nl geschikt (suitable to one’s needs) · fi mukava (friendly) · de freundlich (friendly) · de wesensverwandt (having the same nature) · ru общи́тельный (friendly) · ga oiriúnach (suitable to one’s needs) · oc semblable (having the same nature) · fi samanhenkinen (having the same nature) · ga geanúil (friendly) · it simpatico (friendly) · ru бли́зкий (having the same nature) · it socievole (friendly) · bg прия́тен (friendly) · ru прия́тный (friendly) · ru благоприя́тный (suitable to one’s needs) · pt amigável (friendly) · de gesellig (friendly) · de angebracht (suitable to one’s needs) · nl passend (suitable to one’s needs) · sv lämplig (suitable to one’s needs) · de sympathisch (friendly) · oc amistós (friendly) · ru подходя́щий (suitable to one’s needs) · si සුහද (friendly) · fi sopiva (suitable to one’s needs) · bg благоприя́тен (suitable to one’s needs) · sv ägnad (suitable to one’s needs) · nl gelijkgezind (having the same nature) · sv besläktad (having the same nature) · nl aanverwant (having the same nature) · cs přátelský (friendly) · ru ро́дственный (having the same nature) · oc agradable (suitable to one’s needs)