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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" [syn: euphonious, euphonous] [ant: cacophonic, cacophonous]
2: (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1774 pleasing to the ear • euphoniously adverb • euphoniousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 sounding pleasant, harmonious. 2 concerning euphony. Derivatives: euphoniously adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Euphonious Eu*pho"ni*ous, a. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. --Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, silvery, musical, sweet-toned, sweetly flowing, free from harshness, mellow, melodious, harmonious.

Moby Thesaurus

achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, balanced, canorous, cantabile, catchy, concinnate, concinnous, dulcet, euphonic, euphonical, euphonous, fine-toned, flowing, fluent, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, harmonious, honeyed, measured, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, ordered, orderly, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, smooth, smooth-sounding, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, symmetrical, tripping, tunable, tuneful