Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, fluid, harmonic, honeyed, mellifluent, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | fluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | articulate |
| Synonyms: | chatty, cogent, copious, cursive, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, flowing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, mellifluent, mellifluous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running, silver-tongued, smooth, smooth-spoken, talkative, verbose, vocal, voluble, well-versed, wordy |
| Antonyms: | effortful, hesitant, inarticulate, unfluent, unprepared |
| Main Entry: | harmonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, corresponding; friendly |
| Synonyms: | accordant, adapted, amicable, balanced, compatible, concordant, congenial, congruous, consonant, coordinated, cordial, dulcet, euphonious, harmonic, harmonizing, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in harmony, in step, in tune, in unison, like, matching, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, mix, musical, of one mind, on same wavelength, peaceful, rhythmical, silvery, similar, simpatico, sonorous, suitable, sweet-sounding, symmetrical, sympathetic, symphonic, symphonious, tuneful |
| Antonyms: | cacophonous, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, opposed, unfriendly, unlike |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fluid, flowing, melting |
| Synonyms: | aqueous, damp, deliquescent, dissolvable, dissolved, dulcet, fluent, fluidic, fusible, ichorous, juicy, liquefied, liquescent, liquiform, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, meltable, melted, moist, molten, moving, pulpy, running, runny, sappy, serous, smooth, soft, solvent, splashing, succulent, thawed, thin, uncongealed, viscous, watery, wet |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | close, condensed, dense, firm, hard, solid |
| Main Entry: | lyric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | musical |
| Synonyms: | choral, coloratura, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, poetic, songful, songlike, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | mellow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ripe, mature; softened |
| Synonyms: | aged, cultured, cured, delicate, developed, dulcet, flavorful, full, full-flavored, fully developed, juicy, matured, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodious, perfect, perfected, rich, ripened, rounded, sapid, savory, seasoned, smooth, soft, soothing, sweet, tuneful |
| Antonyms: | hard, immature, sour, tart, unripe |
| Main Entry: | melodious/melodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmonious, musical |
| Synonyms: | accordant, agreeable, assonant, canorous, clear, concordant, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, in tune, mellifluous, mellow, pleasing, resonant, silvery, soft, songful, sweet, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, tuneful, well-tuned |
| Antonyms: | cacophonous, discordant, grating, harsh, inharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical |
| Main Entry: | rich |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full in color or sound |
| Synonyms: | bright, canorous, deep, dulcet, eloquent, expressive, intense, mellifluous, mellow, resonant, rotund, significant, silvery, sonorous, strong, vibrant, vivid, warm |
| Antonyms: | low, weak |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resonant, rich in sound |
| Synonyms: | consonant, full, mellifluous, orotund, plangent, resounding, ringing, rotund, sonorous, vibrant |
| Antonyms: | low, soft, weak |
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