congruent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: con=gru=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

congruent, a. [L. congruens, p. pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent.].

 Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.  [1913 Webster]
"The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence."  [1913 Webster]

Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

congruent, adj.
1 (often foll. by with) suitable, agreeing.
2 Geom. (of figures) coinciding exactly when superimposed.

Derivative

congruently adv.

Etymology

ME f. L congruere agree

THESAURUS

congruent

accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, at one, coequal, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, coherent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, coterminous, en rapport, equal, equivalent, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, like-minded, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, positive, proportionate, reconcilable, self-consistent, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous, synonymous, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous