congenial
/kun-JEEN-yul/adjectivepleasant because suited to one's taste; friendly
“She found the small lab's culture more congenial than the giant firm's.”
- Synonyms
- agreeable, compatible, pleasant
- Antonyms
- uncongenial, disagreeable
- Root
- gen- (birth)
- Memory hook
- con + genial: born of the same spirit as you.
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