Definitions for: Congruous

[adj] suitable or appropriate together
[adj] corresponding in character or kind

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair.

It is no ways congruous that God should be always
frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
--Atterbury.

Synonyms: appropriate, compatible, congruent, harmonious

Antonyms: incongruous

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