Atonal

/eɪˈtoʊnəl/

Synonyms for "atonal" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

absonant cacophonous cracked diaphonic disconsonant discordant disharmonic disharmonious

Strong matches (12)

dissonant flat grating harsh immelodious inharmonic inharmonious musicless nonmelodious off

Adjective(2 words)

nonpitched nontonal

Related words (19)

off keyoff-key off-toneout of pitchout of toneout of tuneraucous sharp shrill sour strident tuneless unharmonious unmelodious unmusical untunable untuned untuneful

Adjective(1 words)

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

acoustic descriptordescriptive termmusical term

More specific

2 entries

dodecaphonyunpitched signal

Collocations

6 entries

atonal harmonyatonal musicatonal piecedodecaphonynontonal musictwelve-tone music

Inflections

2 entries

more atonalmost atonal

Derivations

2 entries

atonality atonally

Antonyms

1 entries

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