Synonyms for honeyed
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Sweet — sugary, syrupy
sweet, mellifluous, dulcet, luscious, melodious, sugary, melodic, musical, silver-tongued informal, harmonious, mellisonant rare
Other
syrupy, ingratiating, honeysome rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sugary, syrupy.
Related words
- Other spellings
- honied
Example sentences
- sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
- luscious What gives this chocolate mousse its luscious smoothness?
- mellifluous I am under the charm of her mellifluous voice.
- ingratiating Tom is ingratiating himself with our new boss.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| honeyed | rising | |
| sweet | rising | |
| luscious | rising | |
| dulcet | rising | |
| mellifluous | rising | |
| syrupy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1
- 6 letters
- sugary3, syrupy, dulcet2
- 7 letters
- musical3, melodic3
- 8 letters
- luscious2
- 9 letters
- melodious4, honeysome
- 10 letters
- harmonious4
- 11 letters
- mellifluous, mellisonant
- 12 letters
- ingratiating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sugary3 = 3 syllables).