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HARMONIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harmoniousness mean?
• HARMONIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun HARMONIOUSNESS has 2 senses:
1. the property of sounding harmonious
2. compatibility in opinion and action
Familiarity information: HARMONIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of sounding harmonious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
consonance; harmoniousness
Hypernyms ("harmoniousness" is a kind of...):
harmony (an agreeable sound property)
Derivation:
harmonious (musically pleasing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Compatibility in opinion and action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
harmoniousness; harmony
Hypernyms ("harmoniousness" is a kind of...):
compatibility (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harmoniousness"):
congruence; congruity; congruousness (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)
Derivation:
harmonious (existing together in harmony)
harmonious (suitable and fitting)
harmonious (exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities)
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