Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun idyll
3 senses of idyll
Sense 1
idyll -- (an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll)
=> episode -- (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)
Sense 2
pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl -- (a musical composition that evokes rural life)
=> musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music -- (a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements")
Sense 3
eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl -- (a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life)
=> pastoral -- (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds))