'Congruous' definitions:
Definition of 'congruous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Corresponding in character or kind [syn: congruous, congruent] [ant: incongruous]
adjective
Suitable or appropriate together
Definition of 'Congruous'
From: GCIDE
- Congruous \Con"gru*ous\, a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.] Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. [1913 Webster]
- Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair. [1913 Webster]
- It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'congruous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordant,
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- affirmative,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- answerable,
- appropriate,
- at one,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coherent,
- coincident,
- coinciding,
- commensurate,
- compatible,
- concordant,
- concurring,
- conformable,
- congenial,
- congruent,
- consentaneous,
- consentient,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- convenient,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- decent,
- desirable,
- en rapport,
- equivalent,
- expedient,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitten,
- fitting,
- fructuous,
- good,
- happy,
- harmonious,
- in accord,
- in agreement,
- in rapport,
- in sync,
- in synchronization,
- inaccordance,
- inharmony,
- like-minded,
- likely,
- meet,
- of a piece,
- of like mind,
- of one mind,
- on all fours,
- opportune,
- politic,
- positive,
- profitable,
- proper,
- proportionate,
- recommendable,
- reconcilable,
- right,
- seasonable,
- seemly,
- self-consistent,
- sortable,
- suitable,
- symbiotic,
- sympathetic,
- synchronized,
- synchronous,
- timely,
- to be desired,
- unanimous,
- uniform,
- unisonant,
- unisonous,
- useful,
- well-timed,
- wise,
- worthwhile