minor scale

Questions about minor scale

What is another word for minor scale?

It depends which minor scale you mean. In the sense “a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th”, the synonyms are minor 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 minor scale?

WordNet records no antonym for minor 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 minor 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 minor scale

• Full entry for minor scaleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for minor 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.