1.
2.
[syn: harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]
3. suitable and fitting;
- Example: "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
4. existing together in harmony;
- Example: "harmonious family relationships"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Harmonious \Har*mo"ni*ous\ (h[aum]r*m[=o]"n[i^]*[u^]s), a. [Cf.
F. harmonieux. See Harmony.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each
other; symmetrical.
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God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and
beautiful without us. --Locke.
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2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or
feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious
family.
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3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant;
symphonious. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. --
Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
harmonious
adj 1: musically pleasing [ant: inharmonious, unharmonious]
2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
of an entity or between different entities [syn:
harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]
3: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious
with her military bearing"
4: existing together in harmony; "harmonious family
relationships"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
280 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmonious":
accompanying, accordant, according, affable, affirmative,
agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, anal, answerable,
arranged, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one,
at one with, attuned, balanced, blended, blending, blissful,
bourgeois, brotherly, businesslike, canorous, cheerful, chiming,
chromatic, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate,
coefficient, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident,
coinciding, cold, collaborative, collective, collectivist,
collectivistic, collusive, colorific, coloring, combined,
combining, commensal, commensurate, common, communal, communalist,
communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compatible,
complaisant, complementary, compulsive, concerted, concinnate,
concinnous, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
conformable, conformist, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
conniving, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent,
consonant, conspiratorial, contrapuntal, conventional, cool,
cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, cordial,
correspondent, corresponding, coworking, desirable, dichromatic,
dulcet, ecumenic, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, enjoyable,
equal, equilateral, equivalent, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious,
eurythmic, even, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific,
felicitous, fellow, fine, finished, flowing, fluent, formal,
formalistic, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly, genial,
glowing, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, habitual,
harmonic, harmonized, harmonizing, heart-warming, homophonic,
honeyed, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert,
in concord, in hand, in keeping, in line, in rapport, in step,
in sync, in synchronization, in tune, in unison, inaccordance,
inharmony, joint, kind, kosher, likable, like-minded, many-colored,
matching, measured, medley, meeting, mellifluous, mellisonant,
mellow, melodious, methodical, monochromatic, monochrome,
monochromic, monodic, monophonic, motley, musical, mutual,
neighborlike, neighborly, nice, noncompetitive, normal, of a piece,
of like mind, of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, ordered,
orderly, orthodox, parasitic, parti-colored, peaceable, peaceful,
pedantic, pigmentary, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polychromatic, polyphonic, positive,
precisianistic, prismatic, proportionate, proportioned, rainbow,
reciprocal, reconcilable, regular, rewarding, routine, saprophytic,
satisfying, self-consistent, silvery, simpatico, sisterly, smooth,
smooth-sounding, sociable, sonorous, spectral, square, steady,
straight, stuffy, sweet, symbiotic, symmetric, symmetrical,
sympathetic, sympathique, symphonic, symphonious, synchronized,
synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, systematic,
tinctorial, tingent, together, toning, traditionalist, tripping,
tuned, tuneful, unanimous, uncompetitive, understanding, unhostile,
uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting, uptight, usual,
variegated, warm, welcome, well-affected, well-balanced,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
well-ordered, well-regulated, well-set