congenial
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/kənˈd͡ʒiːniəl/
Definition of congenial
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
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adj
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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.”
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Friendly or sociable.
“The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.”
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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?”
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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.”
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Etymology
From con- + genial.
Words you can make from congenial
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2 words7-letter words
16 words6-letter words
33 words- AGONIC 9 pts
- CANING 9 pts
- COIGNE 9 pts
- CONING 9 pts
- GLANCE 9 pts
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- LACING 9 pts
- LOCING 9 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
- ALNICO 8 pts
- ANCONE 8 pts
- CANINE 8 pts
- CANNEL 8 pts
- CANNIE 8 pts
- CINEOL 8 pts
- CONINE 8 pts
- ENCINA 8 pts
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- OILCAN 8 pts
- ELOIGN 7 pts
- GENIAL 7 pts
- GOALIE 7 pts
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5-letter words
61 words- ACING 8 pts
- CLANG 8 pts
- CLING 8 pts
- COIGN 8 pts
- CONGA 8 pts
- CONGE 8 pts
- GENIC 8 pts
- GLACE 8 pts
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- LOGIC 8 pts
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- ILEAC 7 pts
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- LOCIE 7 pts
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4-letter words
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- CONE 6 pts
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- NOEL 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
- NONA 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
3-letter words
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