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harmonization
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | acceding, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, acknowledging, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, approving, arbitration, arrangement, assenting, authorizing, bargaining, chime, co, compatibility, compliance, complying, compromise |
| Main Entry: | facility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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accessible, at ease, at home, disburdened, disembarrassed, disencumbered, ductile, easily accomplished, easily managed, easy, easy of access, exonerated, facile, feasible, for the million, glib, in one's element, in smooth water, light, manageable, on friction wheels, on velvet, open to, pliant, quite at home, slippery, smooth, submissive, towardly, tractable, unburdened, unembarrassed, unencumbered, unloaded, unobstructed, unrestrained, untrammeled, wieldy, within reach, yielding
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| Concept: | Agreement. |
| Category: | 4. GENERAL RELATION |
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-nouns
agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding., conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union., fitness, aptness; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey; sortance; case in point; aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation (relation)., adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation., consent (assent); concurrence; cooperation., right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.
-verbs
be accordant; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate., consent (assent)., render accordant; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.
-adjectives
agreeing, suiting; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious, reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours., apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible., fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet (expedient)., at home, in one's proper element.
-adverbs
a propos of; pertinently.
-phrases
rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Syrus]; discers concordia [Ovid].
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| Antonyms: | disagreement |
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| Concept: | Compromise. |
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compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine; compensation; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutal concession.
-verbs
compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.
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| Concept: | Courtesy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
courtesy; respect; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness; bienséance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension (humility); affability, complaisance, provenance, amability, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy., compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial; salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams., obeisance (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token (endearment); kiss, buss, salute., mark of recognition, nod; "nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction; condolence.
-verbs
be courteous; show courtesy, mind one's P's and Q's, behave oneself, be all things to all men, conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth; mend one's manners., receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade., salute; embrace (endearment); kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob; move to, nod to; smile upon., uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee. visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit (sociability) [more]; dance attendance on (servility); pay attentions to; do homage to (respect)., prostrate oneself (worship)., give one's duty to, send one's duty to,, render polite; polish, civilize, humanize.
-adjectives
courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined (taste); gentlemanlike (fashion); gallant; on one's good behavior., fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious., ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.
-adverbs
courteously; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts; suaviter in modo, in good humor.
-phrases
Tien de plus estimable que la cermonie; "the very pink of courtesy" [Romeo and Juliet]
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| Antonyms: | discourtesy |
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| Concept: | Facility. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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-nouns
facility, ease; easiness; capability; feasibility (practicability); flexibility, pliancy; smoothness., plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing; mere child's play, holiday task; cinch [U.S.]., smooth water, fair wind; smooth royal road; clear coast, clear stage; tabula rasa; full play (freedom)., disencumbrance, disentanglement; deoppilation; permission.
-verbs
be easy; go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play; go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well., flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide; see one's way; have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands; walk over the course, win at a canter; make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of., be at home in (skillful)., render easy; facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor (aid); lubricate; relieve., leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open; give the reins to, give full play, give full swing; make way for; open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road; pave the way, bridge over; permit.
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easy, facile; feasible (practicable); easily managed, easily accomplished; within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to., manageable, wieldy; towardly, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant; pliant (soft); glib, slippery; smooth; on friction wheels, on velvet., unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained (free); at ease, light., at home; quite at home; in one's element, in smooth water.
-adverbs
easily; readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed.
-phrases
touch and go. [more]
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| Antonyms: | difficulty |
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| Concept: | [Limited space] Place. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
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-nouns
place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook (corner); hole; pigeonhole (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality (situation)., ins and outs; every hole and corner.
-adverbs
somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.
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