symphonious

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adjective

Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.

“The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.”

Similar
harmonioussymphonic
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English phone ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) →
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Meanings

adjectivesymphonious (comparative more symphonious, superlative most symphonious)

comparative more symphonious · superlative most symphonious

  1. Of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.

    The symphonious sound of fifty skilled musicians filled the concert hall.

    1 more example

    Sleep during this interval was out of the question: […] the songs of Hoel and Cyveilioc, to ring to the profaner but more lively modulation of Voulez vous danser, Mademoiselle? [Do you want to dance, miss?] in conjunction with the symphonious scraping of fiddles, the tinkling of triangles, and the beating of tambourines.

    1815 (date written), [Thomas Love Peacock], chapter XI, in Headlong Hall, London: […] [S. Gosnell] for T[homas] Hookham, Jun. and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, pages 146–147

    Synonyms: harmonious

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to simultaneous sounds that are harmonious together.

Similar
harmonious

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveharmonious in sound

Similar
symphonicharmonious
Also see
symphonic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Englishsym-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  10. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  11. Englishphone
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  14. Englishsymphonious

From sym- (“together”) + phone (“sound”) + -ious.

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Translations

Arabic مُتَنَاغِم
  • مُتَنَاغِم (mutanāḡim)of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds
Bulgarian хармоничен
  • хармоничен (harmoničen)of or pertaining to simultaneous sounds
Scottish Gaelic aon-ghuthach
  • aon-ghuthachof or pertaining to simultaneous sounds
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APA

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“symphonious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symphonious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symphonious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symphonious.

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