Synonyms for melodious
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
tuneful, mellifluous, dulcet, sweet, musical, melodic, lyrical, honeyed, harmonious, cantabile, agreeable, silver-tongued informal, euphonious, ariose, canorous, songlike, songful rare, mellisonant rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.
Example sentences
- sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
- tuneful His singing was surprisingly tuneful.
- mellifluous I am under the charm of her mellifluous voice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| melodious | steady | |
| sweet | rising | |
| tuneful | steady | |
| dulcet | rising | |
| mellifluous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1
- 6 letters
- dulcet2, ariose
- 7 letters
- musical3, lyrical3, melodic3, honeyed, tuneful2, songful
- 8 letters
- canorous, songlike
- 9 letters
- agreeable4, cantabile
- 10 letters
- harmonious4, euphonious
- 11 letters
- mellifluous, mellisonant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dulcet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mélodieux
- Italiano
- melodioso
- Español
- melodioso
- Deutsch
- wohlklingend