Melody meaning

What does “melody” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“melody” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.

melody

noun

  1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

    “she was humming an air from Beethoven”

  2. the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University