Meanings
comparative more harmonious · superlative most harmonious
- Showing accord in feeling or action.
The team worked in a harmonious atmosphere, achieving great results.
Synonyms: concordant
- Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveShowing accord in feeling or action.
adjectiveMelodious; in harmony.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemusically pleasing
adjectiveexhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
adjectiveexisting together in harmony
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchharmonieux
- Englishharmonious
From Middle French harmonieux; by surface analysis, harmony + -ous.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σύμφωνος, σύναυλος
- σύμφωνος (súmphōnos)melodious
- σύναυλος (súnaulos)melodious
Catalan harmònic, harmònic
- harmònicshowing accord
- harmònichaving components pleasingly combined
- harmoniósmelodious
Dutch harmonieus, harmonieus
- harmonieusshowing accord
- harmonieushaving components pleasingly combined
- harmonieusmelodious
Esperanto harmonia, akorda
- harmoniashowing accord
- akordashowing accord
Finnish harmoninen, sopusointuinen
- harmoninenshowing accord
- sopusointuinenshowing accord
- sointuvashowing accord
- harmoninenhaving components pleasingly combined
- sopusointuinenhaving components pleasingly combined
- harmoninenmelodious
- sointuvamelodious
French harmonieux, harmonieux
- harmonieuxshowing accord
- harmonieuxhaving components pleasingly combined
- harmonieuxmelodious
German harmonisch, übereinstimmend
- harmonischshowing accord
- übereinstimmendshowing accord
- sich in Übereinstimmung befindendshowing accord
- im Einklang befindlichshowing accord
- harmonischhaving components pleasingly combined
- harmonischmelodious
- wohlklingendmelodious
Greek αρμονικός
- αρμονικός (armonikós)showing accord
Indonesian harmonis, harmonis
- harmonisshowing accord
- harmonishaving components pleasingly combined
- harmonismelodious
Italian armonioso
- armoniosomelodious
Latin concors, harmoniōsus
- concorsshowing accord
- harmoniōsusshowing accord
Malay harmoni
- harmonishowing accord
Māori reretahi, reretau
- reretahishowing accord
- reretaushowing accord
- aumārireshowing accord
- reretauhaving components pleasingly combined
- reretaumelodious
Persian هارمونیک, هماهنگ
- هارمونیک (hârmonik)having components pleasingly combined
- هماهنگ (hamâhang)melodious
Polish harmonijny
- harmonijnyhaving components pleasingly combined
Portuguese harmonioso, harmonioso
- harmoniosohaving components pleasingly combined
- harmoniosomelodious
Romanian armonic, armonios
- armonicshowing accord
- armoniosmelodious
Russian гармони́чный, гармони́чный
- гармони́чный (garmoníčnyj)showing accord
- гармони́чный (garmoníčnyj)having components pleasingly combined
Turkish uyumlu
- uyumluhaving components pleasingly combined
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with harmonious
Cite this entry
harmonious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harmonious
“harmonious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harmonious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harmonious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harmonious.
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