TUNEFUL Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

tuneful

adjective

ˈtün-fəl

Definition of tuneful

as in symphonic

having a pleasing mixture of notes some especially tuneful songs have been written for this new animated film

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Recent Examples of tuneful But their tuneful and robust, swaggering rock-and-roll songs were hugely popular and did, in fact, hold up. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Parker and his team wanted a sense of heart conveyed through the playful, tuneful, unpolished score. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026 One is a free or low-cost learning series about the composer-librettist pair, whose witty, tuneful works lampooned social climbers, the legal profession, the military, the class system and more. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026 So go ahead and make your own playlist from these choices on Spotify or another streaming service and enjoy a tuneful Christmas day. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tuneful

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Adjective

These are songs that iterate and elevate minor party fouls into dramas of symphonic proportion, arrangements that articulate the heightened emotions churning inside anxious minds.

— Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Building Space Pop Arrameia calls her current project Space Pop, a style built from cinematic electronic production, symphonic arrangement, live flute, and visual storytelling.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of symphonic

Adjective

His new album-length EP, cantu of the sower, merges these musical tabs into a collage of collages.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
The plaintiffs’ lawyers noted in their filing that at least a half dozen suits currently pending in federal court in San Francisco related to musical compositions being improperly used to train artificial intelligence.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of musical

Adjective

This range gives his work room to move between club music, melodic influences, and records centered on relationships and life experiences.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Those collaborations helped establish him as one of hip-hop’s most recognizable melodic voices even before the arrival of his first solo LP.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of melodic

Adjective

Each tube contained live birds — five Cuban bullfinches and six Cuban melodious finches, agents said.

— David Goodhue October 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
After a particularly melodious rendition of the national anthem—count on the Met audience to go full voice—the curtain soon rose on the Scottish Highlands.

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of melodious

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