mellifluous

1. 1.

   pleasing to the ear

   “the dulcet tones of the cello”

   Synonymsdulcethoneyedmellisonantsweet

   Similarmelodious

Questions about mellifluous

What does mellifluous mean?

mellifluous means "pleasing to the ear".

How many syllables are in mellifluous?

mellifluous has 4 syllables: mel-li-flu-ous. The stress falls on "flu".

What is another word for mellifluous?

Close synonyms include dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mellifluous a common word?

mellifluous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.