Synonyms for silvery
- adjective
Most common
silver silverish mellifluous euphonious hoary argentous argentic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
- adj. 2
Sprinkled or covered with silver.
Related words
- Word family
- silver-haired
- Phrases
- silvery pomfret
Example sentences
- silver Do you know the difference between silver and tin?
- mellifluous I am under the charm of her mellifluous voice.
- euphonious In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| silvery | rising | |
| silver | steady | |
| silverish | steady | |
| mellifluous | rising | |
| euphonious | falling | |
| hoary | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1, hoary2
- 6 letters
- silver2, bright1, argent2
- 7 letters
- silvern
- 8 letters
- argentic
- 9 letters
- argentine3, silverish, euphonous, argentous
- 10 letters
- euphonious
- 11 letters
- mellifluous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hoary2 = 2 syllables).