euphonious
/juːˈfəʊnɪəs
/adjective
(Of sound, especially speech) pleasing to the ear: a stream of fine, euphonious phrases...
- To the scientific mind, a euphonious musical piece that calms the mind and soul is as aesthetically beautiful as a complex mathematical formula.
- There's also a call for ‘bright rights,’ a euphonious phrase if ever there was one.
- It was euphonious and easy to sing and to our young ears sounded good.
Synonyms
pleasant-sounding, sweet-sounding, mellow, mellifluous, dulcet, sweet, honeyed, lyrical, silvery, silver-toned, golden, bell-like, rhythmical, lilting, pleasant, agreeable, soothing;
harmonious, melodious, melodic, tuneful, musical, symphonious
informal easy on the ear
rare mellifluent, canorous
Derivatives
euphoniously
- The long-flowing lines smile euphoniously, without generating harsh inner tensions, and evoking a serenity appropriate to G major's blessedness.
- The Hoopoe is euphoniously named for its call.
- Snarled hanks of colored line nest devotedly against one another and suspend euphoniously from a planar filigree of black over white.
Rhymes
- self-assertive
- self-assertiveness
- self-assessment
- self-assurance
- self-assured
- self-assuredly
- self-aware
- self-awareness
- self-balancing
- self-betrayal
- self-build
- self-builder
- applications development
- applications engineer
- applications engineering
- application service provider
- application services provider
- application software
- applications program
- applications programer
- applications programmer
- applications programming
- applications software
- applicative
- applicatively