adj
Meaning 1
Showing accord in feeling or action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The team worked in a harmonious atmosphere, achieving great results.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concordant
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
harmonious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːˈməʊni.əs/
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rhymes with -əʊniəs
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adj
Meaning 2
Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Melodious; in harmony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The choir’s voices blended in a harmonious melody.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
musically pleasing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inharmonious
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
existing together in harmony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- harmonious family relationships
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
suitable and fitting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proportionate, symmetrical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French harmonieux; by surface analysis, harmony + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ներդաշնակ (nerdašnak) — showing accord
- Catalan: harmònic — showing accord
- Dutch: harmonieus — showing accord
- Esperanto: harmonia — showing accord
- Esperanto: akorda — showing accord
- Finnish: harmoninen — showing accord
- Finnish: sopusointuinen — showing accord
- Finnish: sointuva — showing accord
- French: harmonieux — showing accord
- Galician: harmónico — showing accord
- Georgian: ჰარმონიული (harmoniuli) — showing accord
- German: harmonisch — showing accord
- German: übereinstimmend — showing accord
- German: sich in Übereinstimmung befindend — showing accord
- German: im Einklang befindlich — showing accord
- Greek: αρμονικός (armonikós) — showing accord
- Indonesian: harmonis — showing accord
- Latin: concors — showing accord
- Latin: harmoniōsus — showing accord
- Malay: harmoni — showing accord
- Manx: cordailagh — showing accord
- Māori: reretahi — showing accord
- Māori: reretau — showing accord
- Māori: aumārire — showing accord
- Romanian: armonic — showing accord
- Russian: гармони́чный (garmoníčnyj) — showing accord
- Uyghur: ئۆم (öm) — showing accord
- Armenian: ներդաշնակ (nerdašnak) — having components pleasingly combined
- Catalan: harmònic — having components pleasingly combined
- Dutch: harmonieus — having components pleasingly combined
- Finnish: harmoninen — having components pleasingly combined
- Finnish: sopusointuinen — having components pleasingly combined
- French: harmonieux — having components pleasingly combined
- Galician: harmónico — having components pleasingly combined
- German: harmonisch — having components pleasingly combined
- Indonesian: harmonis — having components pleasingly combined
- Manx: cordailagh — having components pleasingly combined
- Māori: reretau — having components pleasingly combined
- Persian: هارمونیک (hârmonik) — having components pleasingly combined
- Polish: harmonijny — having components pleasingly combined
- Portuguese: harmonioso — having components pleasingly combined
- Russian: гармони́чный (garmoníčnyj) — having components pleasingly combined
- Turkish: uyumlu — having components pleasingly combined
- Armenian: ներդաշնակ (nerdašnak) — melodious
- Catalan: harmoniós — melodious
- Dutch: harmonieus — melodious
- Finnish: harmoninen — melodious
- Finnish: sointuva — melodious
- French: harmonieux — melodious
- German: harmonisch — melodious
- German: wohlklingend — melodious
- Ancient Greek: σύμφωνος (súmphōnos) — melodious
- Ancient Greek: σύναυλος (súnaulos) — melodious
- Indonesian: harmonis — melodious
- Italian: armonioso — melodious
- Manx: co-heeanagh — melodious
- Manx: bing — melodious
- Māori: reretau — melodious
- Persian: هماهنگ (hamâhang) — melodious
- Portuguese: harmonioso — melodious
- Romanian: armonios — melodious