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- [toon-fuh l, tyoon-]
- /ˈtun fəl, ˈtyun-/
- /ˈtjuːn.fəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [toon-fuh l, tyoon-]
- /ˈtun fəl, ˈtyun-/
Definitions of tuneful word
- adjective tuneful full of melody; melodious: tuneful compositions. 1
- adjective tuneful producing musical sounds or melody. 1
- adjective tuneful melodious, in tune 1
- adjective tuneful A piece of music that is tuneful has a pleasant tune. 0
- adjective tuneful having a pleasant or catchy tune; melodious 0
- adjective tuneful producing a melody or music 0
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Origin of tuneful
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; tune + -ful
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Parts of speech for Tuneful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tuneful popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
tuneful usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tuneful
adj tuneful
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- assonant — resemblance of sounds.
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- choral — Choral music is sung by a choir.
- coloratura — Coloratura is very complicated and difficult music for a solo singer, especially in opera.
noun tuneful
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- attunement — an attuning or act of making harmonious
- chord — A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect.
- concinnity — a harmonious arrangement of parts, esp in literary works, speeches, etc
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
adv tuneful
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- melodiously — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- musically — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
adjective tuneful
- epical — (literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
- epodic — Pertaining to or resembling an epode.
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- euphonious — (of sound, esp. speech) Pleasing to the ear.
adverb tuneful
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- melodically — melodious.
Antonyms for tuneful
noun tuneful
- jangling — to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
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