The Meaning of accord

• (v. t.) Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
• (v. t.) Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
• (v. t.) Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
• (v. t.) Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
• (v. t.) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
• (v. t.) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
• (v. t.) To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
• (v. t.) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
• (v. i.) To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
• (v. i.) To agree in pitch and tone.

Synonyms

agreement , conformity , accordance , treaty , pact , harmonize , harmonise , consort , concord , fit in , agree , allot , grant

Antonyms

disagreement

Homophones

acord

Rhymes

abhorred , aboard , aboveboard , acord , adored , afford , alvord , award , baseboard , billboard , blackboard , board , bored , broadsword , cardboard , checkerboard , chessboard , chipboard , chord , clapboard , clavichord , clipboard , concord , concorde , containerboard , cord , dartboard , dashboard , debord , deborde , deplored , dubord , explored , fiberboard , fibreboard , fingerboard , fjord , floorboard , floored , foard , ford , forde , gaylord , gourd , hardboard , harpsichord , headboard , hoard , hord , horde , ignored , inboard , jorde , keyboard , landlord , lord , mainord , mccord , montford , mopboard , mord , mountford , njord , nord , nored , notochord , oared , ord , outboard , outscored , overboard , overlord , paperboard , pegboard , plasterboard , plourde , pored , poured , prerecord , pressboard , reboard , record , revord , reward , roared , scoreboard , scored , seaboard , shavord , shipboard , shored , skateboard , smorgasbord , snowboard , springboard , stored , storyboard , surfboard , sward , switchboard , sword , toward , underscored , unexplored , untoward , verwoerd , wallboard , ward , warde , warlord , warred , washboard , woodward