Word Meanings - DULCET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. She tempers dulcet creams. Milton. 2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious. Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. Spenser.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DULCET)

• Harmonious
• Congruous
• accordant
• proportioned
• uniform
• melodious
• musical
• dulcet
• tuneful
• consistent
• peaceful
• agreeable
• amicable
• friendly
• concordant
• Mellifluous
• euphonious
• silvery
• flowing
• smooth
• Musical
• Melodious
• harmonious
• rythmical
• mellifluous
• Sweet
• Saccharine
• luscious
• fragrant
• beautiful
• lovely
• wholesome
• pleasing
• pure
• mild
• winning
• fresh
• gentle
• amiable

Related words: (words related to DULCET)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
  Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
• BEAUTIFUL
  Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful;
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• FLOWER-DE-LUCE
  A genus of perennial herbs with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• WINNOW
  comp.), winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L. wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. . See Wind moving 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. Ho winnoweth barley
• PROPORTIONATE
  Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• FLOWERY
  1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China.
• SWEETROOT
  Licorice.
• FRESHNESS
  The state of being fresh. The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men. Hayward. And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden. Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville.
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• AMIABLENESS
  The quality of being amiable; amiability.
• FLOWERLESSNESS
  State of being without flowers.
• FRESHET
  1. A stream of fresh water. Milton. 2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest. Longfellow.
• FLOWERLESS
  Having no flowers. Flowerless plants, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• WINDFLOWER
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• PHILOMUSICAL
  Loving music. Busby.
• CAULIFLOWER
  An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant. (more info) caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.