symphony orchestra

1. 1.

   a large orchestra; can perform symphonies

   “we heard the Vienna symphony”

   Synonymssymphonyphilharmonic

   Broaderorchestra

Questions about symphony orchestra

What does symphony orchestra mean?

symphony orchestra means "a large orchestra; can perform symphonies".

What is another word for symphony orchestra?

Close synonyms include symphony, philharmonic. 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 symphony orchestra a common word?

symphony orchestra 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.