Synonyms for songlike
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sawng, song |
Phonetic Transcription : sɔŋ, sɒŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for songlike Other synonyms for the word songlike
- agreeable
- anapestic
- blending
- chiming
- dactylic
- dramatic
- dulcet
- elegiac
- epic
- epical
- epodic
- euphonious
- harmonious
- iambic
- idyllic
- imaginative
- lyric
- lyrical
- mellifluous
- melodic
- melodious
- metrical
- odic
- orchestral
- pleasing
- poetic
- rhythmical
- romantic
- songful
- songlike
- sweet-sounding
- symphonic
- symphonious
- tuneful
Définition of songlike
Origin :- Old English sang "voice, song, art of singing; metrical composition adapted for singing, psalm, poem," from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (cf. Old Norse söngr, Norwegian song, Swedish sång, Old Saxon, Danish, Old Frisian, Old High German, German sang, Middle Dutch sanc, Dutch zang, Gothic saggws), from PIE *songwh-o- "singing, song," from *sengwh- "to sing, make an incantation" (see sing (v.)).
- Phrase for a song "for a trifle, for little or nothing" is from "All's Well" III.ii.9 (the identical image, por du son, is in Old French. With a song in (one's) heart "feeling joy" is first attested 1930 in Lorenz Hart's lyric. Song and dance as a form of vaudeville act is attested from 1872; figurative sense of "rigmarole" is from 1895.
- As in lyric : adj musical
- As in lyrical : adj musical
- As in poetic : adj with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition
- As in poetical : adj poetic
Antonyms for songlike
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