congruous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: congruous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
congruous adj corresponding in character or kind [syn: congruous, congruent] Antonym(s): incongruous suitable or appropriate together
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congruous \Con"gruous\, 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.