Meaning

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

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

    Friendly or sociable.

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

    freundlich, sympathisch, gesellig

    дружелю́бныйdruželjúbnyj, общи́тельныйobščítelʹnyj, прия́тныйprijátnyj

  3. Suitable to one’s needs.

    passend, angebracht, zusagend

    подходя́щийpodxodjáščij, благоприя́тныйblagoprijátnyj

    suitable to your needs

  4. Agreeable to one's disposition.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. All of our neighbors are congenial individuals and always up for a social gathering.

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  2. John practised for some time as a barrister, but had finally settled down to the more congenial life of a country squire.

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  3. The syncretist, the mystic, the devotee, the puritan, would find a congenial climate in these regions of Asia Minor.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
having the same nature:
friendly:
suitable to one’s needs:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
having the same nature:
friendly:
suitable to one’s needs:

Origin

From con- + genial.

From con- + genial.

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Forms

more congenial, most congenial
Comparativemore congenial Lesson
Superlativemost congenial Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
congenial — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto