Synonyms for musical
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Melodious
melodious, melodic, lyrical, tuneful, mellifluous, dulcet, cantabile, sweet, harmonious, honeyed, euphonious, silver-tongued informal, canorous rare, mellisonant rare, songful rare, ariose rare, songlike rare
Other
philharmonic, singable, so, symphonious rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
Related words
Example sentences
- lyrical Love is merely a lyrical way of referring to lust.
- melodic The wind chimes sound melodic now and then.
- melodious The Ukrainian language is very melodious.
- tuneful His singing was surprisingly tuneful.
- philharmonic Yesterday I was at a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| musical | rising | |
| lyrical | steady | |
| melodic | steady | |
| melodious | steady | |
| tuneful | steady | |
| philharmonic | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- so1
- 5 letters
- sweet1
- 6 letters
- dulcet2, ariose
- 7 letters
- lyrical3, melodic3, honeyed, tuneful2, songful
- 8 letters
- singable, canorous, songlike
- 9 letters
- melodious4, cantabile
- 10 letters
- harmonious4, euphonious
- 11 letters
- mellifluous, mellisonant, symphonious
- 12 letters
- philharmonic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dulcet2 = 2 syllables).