contrapuntal

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint

   “contrapuntal base”
2. 2.

   having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together

   Synonymspolyphonic

   music

Questions about contrapuntal

What does contrapuntal mean?

contrapuntal means "relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contrapuntal?

contrapuntal has 4 syllables: con-tra-pun-tal. The stress falls on "tra".

What is another word for contrapuntal?

Close synonyms include polyphonic. 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 contrapuntal a common word?

contrapuntal 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.