harmonious
Going together in a peaceful and pleasant way.
harmonious in a sentence
- The choir sounded harmonious, every voice blending sweetly with the next.
- For once the twins were harmonious, building the sandcastle together without a single squabble.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to harmonious?
- Anoisy
- Bangry
- Cclashing
- Dpeaceful
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D: peaceful. The other three mean the opposite of harmonious.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to harmonious?
- Aclashing
- Bfriendly
- Ctuneful
- Dpeaceful
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A: clashing. The other three mean nearly the same as harmonious.
Words that mean something similar
peaceful, tuneful, friendly
Words that mean the opposite
clashing, angry, noisy
More words about speech & sound
- hubbub: A loud noise made by lots of voices at once.
- hushed: Very quiet and still.
- implore: To beg someone desperately to do something.
- imply: To suggest something without actually saying it.
- inaudible: So quiet that it cannot be heard.
- indicate: To show or point out where something is, or what is meant.
- interrogate: To ask someone lots of questions, often in a strict way, to find something out.
- jargon: The special words used by a group, which are hard for outsiders to understand.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test