melodic

adjective

Definition of melodicnext
as in lyrical
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music a sweetly melodic chant

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Recent Examples of melodic Your music can be melodic, painful, street and vulnerable all at once. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 As the scene unfolds, however, the music begins to empty out, giving way to darker, lower melodic textures. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 For this leaner, meaner Deafheaven, stylistic variety takes a backseat to speed and chaos, and when properly executed, subtle melodic or rhythmic tweaks wield the heft of the more tectonic transitions in the band’s defining songs. — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026 Her sets include mashups of Top 40 hits, hip-hop, and dancehall with punta, a rhythmic Garifuna genre, and paranda, a more spiritual and melodic style. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026 Past albums have varied between melodic indie rock, jagged art rock, and even flirtations with hardcore. — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026 Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026 His style, reminiscent of Nick Cave, is incantatory, and the result is that the not-especially-melodic songs tend to bleed into each other with a sameness that ultimately proves monotonous. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Breaking Benjamin As pounding as any heavy metal band, this Pennsylvania group hammers its way to surprisingly melodic choruses. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodic
  1. lyrical
  2. lyric
  3. musical
Adjective
  • Lyubka’s compelling storytelling technique is detailed, lyrical, at times, humorous, and therefore deeply penetrating.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing has an immersive and even philosophical or lyrical quality, and that is by design.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of lyrical
Adjective
  • The protagonist, Mi-ja, is an older woman who starts to write lyric poetry.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • And so lyric arrives, unbridled by the laws of grammar, pressing its hooves to the measure of music.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of lyric
Adjective
  • The evening culminated in a special musical performance by Taylor Swift, introduced by Conan O’Brien.
    — Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The five live musical productions that the network delivered on his watch are among his proudest accomplishments.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of musical

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mellows (out)
melodic
melodies
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“Melodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodic. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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