HARMONY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HARMONY?

Need another word that means the same as “harmony”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “harmony” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Harmony” are: concord, concordance, musical harmony, harmoniousness, euphony, polyphony, consonance, balance, symmetry, congruity, coordination, blending, correspondence, compatibility, accord, agreement, peace, peacefulness, amity, amicability, friendship, fellowship, comradeship, solidarity, cooperation, understanding, consensus, unity, sympathy, rapport, goodwill

Harmony as a Noun

Definitions of "Harmony" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “harmony” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Agreement of opinions.
• Compatibility in opinion and action.
• An agreeable sound property.
• The state of being in agreement or concord.
• A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole.
• An arrangement of the four Gospels, or of any parallel narratives, which presents a single continuous narrative text.
• The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords.
• The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect.
• The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole.

Synonyms of "Harmony" as a noun (31 Words)

accord	A written agreement between two states or sovereigns. We are in accord with your proposal.
agreement	The verbal act of agreeing. A trade agreement.
amicability	Having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness.
amity	A cordial disposition. The presence of French troops in Scotland had produced hostility rather than amity.
balance	A weight that balances another weight. The obligations of political balance in broadcasting.
blending	The act of blending components together thoroughly. The blending of drinkable yogurt with fruit juice.
compatibility	Capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination. He argues for the compatibility of science and religion.
comradeship	The company and friendship of others with common aims. His greatest joy came from comradeship with others in the team.
concord	Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought. A pact of peace and concord.
concordance	Agreement of opinions. The concordance between the teams research results.
congruity	The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
consensus	Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole. There is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed.
consonance	The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words. All music creates tension and release dissonance and consonance.
cooperation	The action or process of working together to the same end. Their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission.
coordination	The ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently. An important managerial task is the control and coordination of activities.
correspondence	Letters, emails, etc. sent or received. His wife dealt with his private correspondence.
euphony	The quality of being pleasing to the ear. The poet put euphony before mere factuality.
fellowship	A guild or corporation. They valued fun and good fellowship as the cement of the community.
friendship	The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. Old ties of love and friendship.
goodwill	Friendly, helpful, or cooperative feelings or attitude. The scheme is dependent on goodwill between the two sides.
harmoniousness	Compatibility in opinion and action.
musical harmony	A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing.
peace	A treaty agreeing peace between warring states. He just wanted to drink a few beers in peace.
peacefulness	A state that is calm and tranquil.
polyphony	A composition written played or sung in polyphony. The polyphony is a standard 32 voice.
rapport	A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well. There was little rapport between them.
solidarity	Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. Factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students.
symmetry	A law or operation where a physical property or process has an equivalence in two or more directions. The overall symmetry makes the poem pleasant to the ear.
sympathy	Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish. The special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all.
understanding	Sympathetic awareness or tolerance. I knew I could count on his understanding.
unity	Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day unity of time use of one scene throughout unity of place and concentration on the development of a single plot unity of action. The slope of each dotted line is less than unity.

Usage Examples of "Harmony" as a noun

• Man and machine in perfect harmony.
• The piece owes its air of tranquillity largely to the harmony.
• Delightful cities where old and new blend in harmony.
• An exciting variety of improvised harmonies.

Associations of "Harmony" (30 Words)

alto	A person with an alto voice. Alto clarinet or recorder.
atonal	Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality. Atonal music may be written by obscuring tonal structures or by ignoring conventional harmonies altogether.
bolero	Music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance.
cantata	A medium-length narrative piece of music for voices with instrumental accompaniment, typically with solos, chorus, and orchestra.
choir	Sing in a choir. His famous Spem in alium for eight five part choirs.
chord	Play chords on a string instrument. A G major chord.
chorus	A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. The orchestra lacked polish and the chorus were inclined to rush ahead regardless.
chromatic	Of an instrument able to play all the notes of the chromatic scale. The master of the chromatic harmonica.
coexist	Coexist peacefully as of nations. The task of diplomacy was to help different states to coexist.
cohesion	The state of cohering or sticking together. The work at present lacks cohesion.
cohesive	Cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated. A cohesive agent.
concord	Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance. A concord was to be drawn up.
consonance	The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words. A constitution in consonance with the people s customs.
contralto	A woman singer having a contralto voice. She sang in a high contralto.
diatonic	Of a melody or harmony constructed from a diatonic scale.
euphony	The quality of being pleasing to the ear. The poet put euphony before mere factuality.
harmonize	Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously. The colors don t harmonize.
melody	The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes. He picked out an intricate melody on his guitar.
octave	The two notes at the extremes of an octave sounding together.
orchestration	The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments. Prokofiev s mastery of orchestration.
polyphony	A composition written played or sung in polyphony. His love affair with 16th century English polyphony.
prosody	Prosody a system of versification. The salience of prosody in child language acquisition.
rhythm	The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. They ve got no rhythm.
sing	A meeting for amateur singing. I asked her to sing some carols.
solidarity	Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. Factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students.
tonality	The character of a piece of music as determined by the key in which it is played or the relations between the notes of a scale or key. These pieces are more dissonant than my earlier works yet I did not give up tonality.
tune	Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch. The clarinet was out of tune.
unified	Operating as a unit. A unified system of national education.
unison	Performed in unison. The two spoke in unison.
unity	Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day unity of time use of one scene throughout unity of place and concentration on the development of a single plot unity of action. The slope of each dotted line is less than unity.