songlike
Having tuneful quality
Songlike describes something that resembles or suggests a song—melodic, rhythmic, or musical in quality.
A songlike quality in speech might have rising and falling tones.
A bird's call can be songlike.
Poetry with strong musicality is songlike.
The word emphasizes auditory resemblance to singing rather than actual song.
Pleasing in sound
- melodiousAgreeable in sound
- dulcetSweetly musical in tone
- euphoniousPleasing to hear
- liltingPleasantly wavering in pitch
warble · trill · croon · humming · cantabile · serenade · choral · sonorous
Sound from throat
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- warblingSinging with quavers
- trillingRapid note alternation
vocalize · chanting · intoning · falsetto · vibrato · belting · lilting · keening
tuneful
Pleasing in sound
- melodiousAgreeable in sound
- dulcetSweetly musical in tone
- euphoniousPleasing to hear
lilting · warble · trill · croon · humming · cantabile · serenade · choral · sonorous · crooning
voice
Sound from throat
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- warblingSinging with quavers
trilling · vocalize · chanting · intoning · falsetto · vibrato · belting · lilting · keening · yodeling
verse
Metered poetic passage
stanza · rhyme · ode · elegy · hymnal · chant · incantation · aria · lament · serenade
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
pulse · flow · swing · syncopation · lilt · measure · phrasing · timing · groove · pacing
songlikeunmelodious
Without pleasant sound
unmelodic · unmusical · tuneless · discordant · cacophonous
songlikemonotone
Single unvarying pitch
monotonous · droning · flat · leaden · expressionless
songlikeprosaic
Lacking imagination or excitement
matter-of-fact · pedestrian · dry · workmanlike · businesslike
like, song, sing, singer, singing, sung, sang, singers, unsung