Synonyms for mellow
ˈmɛl oʊ

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. laid-back, mellow(adj)

   unhurried and relaxed

   "a mellow conversation"

   Synonyms:
   mellowed, laid-back, high

   Antonyms:
   tense, unripened, immature, unripe, sober, green, hard

2. mellow, mellowed(adj)

   having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging

   "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"

   Synonyms:
   mellowed, laid-back, high

   Antonyms:
   sober, unripened, immature, tense, unripe, green, hard

3. mellow, mellowed(adj)

   having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience

   "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

   Synonyms:
   mellowed, laid-back, high

   Antonyms:
   unripened, hard, green, immature, unripe, tense, sober

4. mellow(adj)

   having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience

   "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

   Synonyms:
   mellowed, laid-back, high

   Antonyms:
   tense, immature, sober, unripened, hard, green, unripe

5. high, mellow(verb)

   slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

   Synonyms:
   gamy, high-pitched, high, mellowed, gamey, eminent, laid-back, in high spirits

   Antonyms:
   immature, unripe, unripened, tense, sober, hard, green

6. mellow(verb)

   soften, make mellow

   "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

   Synonyms:
   mellow out, melt

   Antonyms:
   immature, sober, tense, unripe, unripened, green, hard

7. mellow, melt, mellow out(verb)

   become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

   "With age, he mellowed"

   Synonyms:
   melt, dethaw, run, meld, fade, melt down, evaporate, thaw, dissolve, mellow out, unthaw, disappear, unfreeze

   Antonyms:
   immature, hard, unripened, unripe, green, tense, sober

8. mellow(adverb)

   make or grow (more) mellow

   "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"

   Synonyms:
   mellow out, melt

   Antonyms:
   unripened, immature, hard, unripe, sober, tense, green

9. mellowly, mellow(adverb)

   (obsolete) in a mellow manner

   Synonyms:
   mellowly

   Antonyms:
   sober, unripened, tense, immature, green, hard, unripe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. mellow

   Synonyms:
   ripe, rich, full-flavored, jovial, mature, soft

   Antonyms:
   unripe, harsh, sour, acid, acrid, crabbed, sober, dry

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. mellow(a.)

   Synonyms:
   ripe, mature

2. mellow(a.)

   Synonyms:
   soft, mellifluous, smooth, silver-toned, sweetly flowing

3. mellow(a.)

   Synonyms:
   perfected, well prepared

4. mellow(a.)

   Synonyms:
   DRUNK, tipsy, fuddled, disguised, half seas over

5. mellow(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   ripen, mature

6. mellow(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perfect, bring to perfection

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "mellow":

   relaxed, calm

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How to use mellow in a sentence?

1. John:

   Gruyere is a very fine cheese that has a rather mellow texture. It is commonly used to euxanthate a dish rather than overpower the flavors.

2. Alex Bennett:

   Carson's a lot calmer. He's mellow, I feel like he knows what he's talking about -- whereas Trump is a loose cannon. He gets himself in trouble.

3. Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa:

   A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest, the trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force.

4. President Barack Obama:

   I am mellow sort of guy, that's why I invited Luther, my anger translator to join me here tonight, hold on to your lily white buts.

5. Matt Jarrell:

   He was a mellow guy, he was somebody I could talk to about anything.

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