major scale

Questions about major scale

What is another word for major scale?

It depends which major scale you mean. In the sense “a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th”, the synonyms are major diatonic scale. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of major scale?

WordNet records no antonym for major scale. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for major scale come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of major scale

• Full entry for major scaleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for major scaleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.