adj.

1. Having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic.
2. Of a pleasant disposition; friendly and sociable: a congenial host.
3. Suited to one's needs or nature; agreeable: congenial surroundings.

[Probably from CON– + Latin genius, the personification of one's natural inclinations; see genius.]

congeniality con·ge'ni·al'i·ty (-jē'nē-ăl'ĭ-tē) or con·gen'ial·ness n.
congenially con·gen'ial·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Pleasant and friendly in disposition: affable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, pleasant, sociable, warm. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, good/bad.
2. To one's liking: agreeable, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome. See like/dislike.
3. In keeping with one's needs or expectations: accordant, agreeable, compatible, conformable, congruous, consistent, consonant, correspondent, corresponding, harmonious. See agree/disagree.

adj

Definition: friendly, compatible
Antonyms: disagreeable, ill-suited, incompatible, uncongenial, unfriendly, unsympathetic

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature
  Synonym: agreeable
  Antonym: uncongenial (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - åndsbeslægtet, sympatisk, på bølgelængde

Nederlands (Dutch)
aangenaam, verwant, passend

Français (French)
adj. - sympathique, agréable, compatible, du même caractère ou de la même nature que

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ansprechend, geistesverwandt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευχάριστος, συμπαθητικός, συμβατός, όμοιος

Italiano (Italian)
piacevole, gradevole, affine, adatto, gradito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - congenial

Русский (Russian)
родственный, близкий по духу

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agradable, placentero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sympatisk, besläktad, av samma art, kongenial, lämplig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
同性质的, 趣味相同的, 适意的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 同性質的, 趣味相同的, 適意的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마음이 맞는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気の合った, 同じ性質の, 性分に合った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لطيف, أنيس, ملائم, مناسب, متقارب في الميول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חביב, בעל עניין משותף, מתאים, נעים, קרוב לליבו‬

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