a capella

1. 1.

   sung without instrumental accompaniment

   “they sang an a cappella Mass”

   Synonymsa cappella

   Similarunaccompanied

1. 1.

   without musical accompaniment

   “they performed a cappella”

   Synonymsa cappella

Questions about a capella

What does a capella mean?

a capella means "sung without instrumental accompaniment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for a capella?

Close synonyms include a cappella, a cappella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is a capella a common word?

a capella is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.