unmusical

Questions about unmusical

What does unmusical mean?

unmusical means "lacking interest in or talent for music". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unmusical?

unmusical has 4 syllables: un-mu-si-cal. The stress falls on "mu".

What is another word for unmusical?

Close synonyms include nonmusical, nonmusical, unmelodious, unmelodic. 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 unmusical?

The recorded antonyms are musical, musical.

Is unmusical a common word?

unmusical 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.