Congenial

Quick meaning: Congenial is an adjective meaning Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

Meaning

Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

More Meanings

1. Friendly or sociable.
2. Suitable to one’s needs.
3. Agreeable to one's disposition.

Example Sentences

The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.

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?

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.

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.

Synonyms for congenial

Depending on context, synonyms include sympathetic, sociable, agreeable, compatible.

Antonyms for congenial

Common opposites include uncongenial, incompatible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sociable, compatible, agreeable, sympathetic, appropriate, suitable.

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