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Synonyms for mellifluous

Most common

dulcet melodious sweet honeyed

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Dulcet — sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style)

dulcet, melodious, sweet, honeyed, musical, melodic, mellow, soft, silvery, listenable, harmonious, silver-tongued informal, silver, euphonious, euphonic, mellifluent, tuneful, canorous, mellisonant rare, birdsweet formal rare

Other

liquid

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).

Example sentences

  • sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
  • melodious The Ukrainian language is very melodious.
  • honeyed I brought you these delicious honeyed figs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mellifluousrising
sweetrising
melodioussteady
honeyedrising
dulcetrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
soft1
5 letters
sweet1
6 letters
silver2, liquid2, mellow2, dulcet2
7 letters
musical3, melodic3, silvery3, honeyed, tuneful2
8 letters
euphonic, canorous
9 letters
melodious4, birdsweet
10 letters
harmonious4, listenable, euphonious
11 letters
mellifluent, mellisonant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silver2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
melliflue
Español
melifluo
Deutsch
honigsüß