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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harmonious \Har*mo"ni*ous\ (h[aum]r*m[=o]"n[i^]*[u^]s), adjective [Cf. F. harmonieux. See {Harmony}.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us. --Locke.
2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.
3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious. -- {Har*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Har*mo"ni*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
harmonious
adjective
1: musically pleasing [ant: {inharmonious}]
2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities [syn: {proportionate}, {symmetrical}]
3: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing" [syn: {appropriate}]
4: existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
280 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmonious": accompanying, accordant, according, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, amicable, anal, answerable, arranged, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one, at one with, attuned, balanced, blended, blending, blissful, bourgeois, brotherly, businesslike, canorous, cheerful, chiming, chromatic, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, cold, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, colorific, coloring, combined, combining, commensal, commensurate, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, compatible, complaisant, complementary, compulsive, concerted, concinnate, concinnous, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conformable, conformist, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint, conniving, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant, conspiratorial, contrapuntal, conventional, cool, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, cordial, correspondent, corresponding, coworking, desirable, dichromatic, dulcet, ecumenic, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, enjoyable, equal, equilateral, equivalent, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, eurythmic, even, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fellow, fine, finished, flowing, fluent, formal, formalistic, fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly, genial, glowing, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, habitual, harmonic, harmonized, harmonizing, heart-warming, homophonic, honeyed, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in hand, in keeping, in line, in rapport, in step, in sync, in synchronization, in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, joint, kind, kosher, likable, like-minded, many-colored, matching, measured, medley, meeting, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodious, methodical, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monodic, monophonic, motley, musical, mutual, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, noncompetitive, normal, of a piece, of like mind, of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, ordered, orderly, orthodox, parasitic, parti-colored, peaceable, peaceful, pedantic, pigmentary, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polychromatic, polyphonic, positive, precisianistic, prismatic, proportionate, proportioned, rainbow, reciprocal, reconcilable, regular, rewarding, routine, saprophytic, satisfying, self-consistent, silvery, simpatico, sisterly, smooth, smooth-sounding, sociable, sonorous, spectral, square, steady, straight, stuffy, sweet, symbiotic, symmetric, symmetrical, sympathetic, sympathique, symphonic, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, systematic, tinctorial, tingent, together, toning, traditionalist, tripping, tuned, tuneful, unanimous, uncompetitive, understanding, unhostile, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting, uptight, usual, variegated, warm, welcome, well-affected, well-balanced, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, well-ordered, well-regulated, well-set
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