mellifluous

mellifluous
    adj 1: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
           [syn: {dulcet}, {honeyed}, {mellifluous}, {mellisonant},
           {sweet}]
    

Mellifluous \Mel*lif"lu*ous\, a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis,
   honey (akin to Gr. ?, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See
   {Mildew}, {Fluent}, and cf. {Marmalade}.]
   Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly;
   as, a mellifluous voice. -- {Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]
    

98 Moby Thesaurus words for "mellifluous":
      accordant, achingly sweet, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
      ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso,
      bittersweet, blissful, candied, canorous, cantabile, catchy,
      cheerful, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable,
      dulcet, en rapport, enjoyable, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous,
      fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned,
      genial, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, goodly,
      gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed,
      honeysweet, likable, liquid, melic, melliferous, mellifluent,
      mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like,
      musical, nectareous, nectarous, nice, pleasant, pleasant-sounding,
      pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, rewarding,
      rich, sacchariferous, satisfying, silver-toned, silver-tongued,
      silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous,
      sour-sweet, sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet,
      sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweet-flowing,
      sweet-sounding, sweetened, sweetish, syrupy, tunable, tuneful,
      welcome