instrumental

What does instrumental mean?

instrumental means "relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in instrumental?

instrumental has 4 syllables: in-stru-men-tal. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/.

What is another word for instrumental?

Close synonyms include implemental, subservient. 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 instrumental?

The recorded antonyms are vocal.

Is instrumental a common word?

instrumental is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 instrumental?

18 words rhyme with instrumental. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for instrumental come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.