musical

1. 1.

   characterized by or capable of producing music

   “a musical evening”

   “musical instruments”
2. 2.

   talented in or devoted to music

   “comes from a very musical family”

   Antonymsunmusical

   Similarphilharmonic
3. 3.

   characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music

   “a musical speaking voice”

   “a musical comedy”

   Antonymsunmusical

   Similarchantedliquidsingable
4. 4.

   containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

   “the melodious song of a meadowlark”

   Synonymsmelodiousmelodic

   Similarariosecanorouscantabiledulcetlyrical

1. 1.

   a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

   Synonymsmusical comedymusical theater

   Broaderplaymovie

Other forms of musical

plural

musicals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about musical

What does musical mean?

musical means "characterized by or capable of producing music". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in musical?

musical has 3 syllables: mu-si-cal. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /ˈmjuzɪkəl/.

What is another word for musical?

Close synonyms include melodious, melodic, musical comedy, musical theater. 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 musical?

The recorded antonyms are unmusical, unmusical.

Is musical a common word?

musical 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.