What does atonal mean?

atonal means "characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality".

How many syllables are in atonal?

atonal has 3 syllables: a-to-nal. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /eɪˈtoʊnəl/.

What is another word for atonal?

Close synonyms include unkeyed. 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.

What is the opposite of atonal?

The recorded antonyms are tonal.

Is atonal a common word?

atonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with atonal?

1 word rhymes with atonal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Atonal — meaning and how to say it: ay-TOH-nuhl

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
Synonymsunkeyed
Antonymstonal
music

Questions about atonal

What does atonal mean?: atonal means "characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality".
How many syllables are in atonal?: atonal has 3 syllables: a-to-nal. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /eɪˈtoʊnəl/.
What is another word for atonal?: Close synonyms include unkeyed. 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.

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