ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCcongenial
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congenial
Meaning: pleasant and agreeable, suited to one's tastes
congenial in a sentence
How congenial is used in real sentences:
The two roommates got along well thanks to their congenial personalities.
Working with such a congenial team made the long project feel enjoyable.
“During a long, surprisingly congenial supper, Mara began separating necessary principles from habits that merely carried Bell's authority.”
— from the passage The Final Impression
“The hosts made the chamber congenial with tapestries, music, and carefully chosen meals, creating a pleasant setting in which rivalry could temporarily look like kinship.”
— from the passage The Negotiators of Cambrai
“When London’s medieval walls still marked a meaningful boundary, the Drapers’ Company offered merchants a congenial home where companionship, ritual, and commercial advantage could coexist.”
— from the passage Beyond the Gates
Synonyms for congenial
Other words for congenial — pleasant, compatible and agreeable — carry the same meaning.
- pleasant
- compatible
- agreeable
Antonyms of congenial
Words that mean the opposite of congenial:
- unpleasant
- hostile
Where it comes from
From Latin congenialis 'of the same nature or spirit'
Word parts
- con/com/col/cor/co — together, with
congenial: con- (with) + genial (of the same nature, from genius)
Memory hook
CON-GENIAL — CO-together with a GENIAL (friendly) match, like two people who just click.