HARMONY


Meaning of HARMONY in English

noun

1.

musical agreement of sounds

singing in harmony

Synonyms: accord, chorus, concert, concord, consonance, tune

Related Word: mellifluousness, melodiousness, melody, musicality, sonority, tunefulness; diapason, polyphony

Contrasted words: cacophony, discord, discordance, discordancy, dissonance, harshness, inharmoniousness, jangle, stridency, tunelessness, unharmoniousness, unmusicalness, untunefulness; atonality

Antonyms: disharmony, inharmony

2.

the effect produced when different things come together without clashing or disagreement

goals that are in harmony with our capabilities

Synonyms: accord, agreement, chime, concord, concordance, consonance, tune; compare consistency

Related Word: conformance, conformity, correspondence; articulation, coaptation, compatibility, congruity; concatenation, concurrence, integration, oneness, togetherness, unity

Contrasted words: disagreement, discord, disparity, dissidence, disunity, variance

Antonyms: conflict

3.

the state of persons who are in full and perfect agreement

friends who live in harmony

Synonyms: concord, rapport, unity

Related Word: affinity, empathy, fellow-feeling, kinship; peace, tranquillity

Idioms: meeting of minds

Contrasted words: contention, dissension, strife

Antonyms: discord

4.

Synonyms: symmetry , balance, proportion

Related Word: concinnity, consonance; dignity, elegance, grace; integrity, unity

Contrasted words: asymmetry, discordance, discordancy, imbalance

Antonyms: inharmony

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