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diatonic has no recorded synonym. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is chromatic.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
1 of the 2 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for diatonic.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for diatonic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.