Need another word that means the same as “incongruous”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “incongruous” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Incongruous” are: out of place, out of keeping, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, not in harmony, mismatched, unharmonious, inconsistent, incompatible, different, dissimilar, contrasting, disparate, discrepant
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incongruous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| contrasting | Strikingly different; tending to contrast. Contrasting colours. |
| different | Novel and unusual. Advertising that strives continually to be different. |
| discrepant | Not in accord. The reasons for these discrepant results are unclear. |
| disparate | Containing elements very different from one another. Disparate ideas. |
| dissimilar | Marked by dissimilarity. The pleasures of the romance novel are not dissimilar from those of the chocolate bar. |
| inappropriate | Not in keeping with what is correct or proper. Put inappropriate pressure on them. |
| incompatible | (of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting. Incompatible colors. |
| inconsistent | Displaying a lack of consistency. The quality of the material was often inconsistent. |
| mismatched | (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents. A pair of mismatched cops. |
| not in harmony | Holding office. |
| out of keeping | Outside or external. |
| out of place | Outside or external. |
| unharmonious | Not harmonious. The unharmonious noise of town life. |
| unsuitable | Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse. A solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces. |
| unsuited | Not easy to combine harmoniously. He was totally unsuited for the job. |
| absurd | An absurd state of affairs. The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd. |
| antagonistic | Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States. |
| antinomy | A contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable. There are not many short novels capable of accommodating bewildering antinomies. |
| antisocial | Relating to or having an antisocial personality disorder. Criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial. |
| conflicting | Incompatible or at variance; contradictory. Conflicting opinions. |
| contradiction | Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas. The statement he is brave and he is not brave is a contradiction. |
| contradictory | A contradictory proposition. Perfect and imperfect are contradictory terms. |
| discordant | (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. Views discordant with present day ideas. |
| discrepant | Characterized by an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity. Widely discrepant statements. |
| dissonant | Unsuitable or unusual in combination; clashing. Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices. |
| illogical | Lacking in correct logical relation. An illogical fear of the supernatural. |
| inappropriate | Not suitable for a particular occasion etc. It would be inappropriate for me to comment. |
| inapt | Not elegant or graceful in expression. A more inapt name I cannot imagine. |
| incompatible | (of two people) unable to live together harmoniously. Although convinced that they were incompatible she loved him. |
| incongruent | Not congruent. |
| incongruity | The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her. |
| inconsistency | The fact or state of being inconsistent. The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour. |
| inconsistent | Not in agreement. The quality of the material was often inconsistent. |
| inharmonious | Not in harmony. An inharmonious negative state of mind. |
| inhospitable | (of a person) unfriendly and unwelcoming towards people. Inhospitable mountain areas. |
| irony | A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. The irony is that I thought he could help me. |
| oxymoron | Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence. |
| paradox | A statement that contradicts itself. The liar paradox. |
| sarcasm | Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. He used sarcasm to upset his opponent. |
| unfriendly | Not friendly. An unfriendly action to take. |
| unlike | Marked by dissimilarity. He was very unlike to any other man. |
| unsocial | (of the hours of work of a job) falling outside the normal working day and thus socially inconvenient. The unsocial disposition to neglect one s neighbors. |
| unsound | Physically unsound or diseased. This line of argument is unsound. |
| unsuitable | Not conducive to good moral development. The movie is unsuitable for children. |
| unsuited | Not right or appropriate. He was totally unsuited for the job. |
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