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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious, melodic, musical] [ant: unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical]
2: of or relating to melody; "melodic harmony"

Merriam Webster's

adjective see melody

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or relating to melody. 2 having or producing melody. Phrases and idioms: melodic minor a scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending. Derivatives: melodically adv. Etymology: F mélodique f. LL melodicus f. Gk meloidikos (as MELODY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Melodic Me*lod"ic, a. [L. melodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]lodique.] Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Melodic means relating to melody. ...Schubert's effortless gift for melodic invention. ADJ: usu ADJ n • melodically ...the third of Tchaikovsky's ten operas, and melodically one of his richest scores. ADV 2. Music that is melodic has beautiful tunes in it. Wonderfully melodic and tuneful, his songs have made me weep. ADJ • melodically The leader has also learned to play more melodically. ADV: ADV after v

Moby Thesaurus

achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, canorous, cantabile, catchy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fine-toned, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, honeyed, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuned, tuneful