euphony

Meanings

Noun

any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.

Origin / Etymology

From French euphonie, from Ancient Greek εὐφωνία (euphōnía), from εὐ- (eu-, prefix meaning ‘good, well’) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; (human) voice; discourse, speech”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as eu- + -phony.

Synonyms

concord, consonance, euphonism, euphony, harmony, music, unisonance

Antonyms

cacophony

Scrabble Score: 15

euphony is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
euphony is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
euphony is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

euphony is a valid Words With Friends word