Definition of HARMONY

harmony

Meanings

Plural: harmonies

Noun

  • compatibility in opinion and action
  • the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
  • 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
  • agreement of opinions
  • an agreeable sound property
  • Agreement or accord.
  • A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
  • The academic study of chords.
  • Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
  • The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
  • A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1602. From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie/armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). Doublet of harmonia.

Synonyms

concord, concordance, harmoniousness, musical harmony

Antonyms

dissonance

Scrabble Score: 15

harmony is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
harmony is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 15

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