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Congeniality
| Main Entry: |
congeniality
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amiableness, bonhomie, congenialness, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, niceness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | fitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, admissibility, agreeableness, applicability, appositeness, aptitude, aptness, assimilation, auspiciousness, compatibility, competence, concurrency, congeniality, congruousness, consistency, consonance, convenience, correspondence, decency, decorum, eligibility, expediency, harmony, keeping, order, patness, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualification, readiness, relevancy, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness |
| Antonyms: | inappropriateness, unsuitability |
| Main Entry: | friendliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companionability |
| Synonyms: | affability, amiability, amity, benevolence, camaraderie, comity, comradery, congeniality, conviviality, cordiality, friendship, geniality, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, neighborliness, open arms, sociability, warmth |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, coldness, incompatibility |
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm, serenity |
| Synonyms: | amity, calmness, composure, concord, congeniality, contentment, equanimity, harmony, hush, lull, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, relaxation, repose, reserve, rest, silence, stillness, sympathy, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, distress, frustration, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shared feeling |
| Synonyms: | accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness, kindness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, rapport, responsiveness, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmheartedness, warmth |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
| Antonyms: | disdain, incompatibility, indifference |
| Main Entry: | affability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, good-naturedness, graciousness, niceness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | agreeability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeableness, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, good-naturedness, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | agreeableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, good-naturedness, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | amiability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant and friendly |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, good-naturedness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, sweetness, warmth |
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