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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 harmoniousplay

2. compatibility in opinion and actionplay

  Familiarity information: HARMONIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARMONIOUSNESS (noun)


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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