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Musical

adjective, noun

Musical means related to music or a story told with songs.

7 letters 3 syllables

What does Musical mean?

Musical means related to music or a story told with songs.

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Dictionary definition

related to music; also a play or movie that uses songs to tell a story.

Example sentences

Musical in a sentence

easy

The musical clock played a tune each hour.

medium

Our class watched a musical with singing and dancing.

hard

A musical can use songs to reveal a character's feelings and move the story forward.

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Musical

Voice settings
Sounds like

myoo · zih · kul · strongest beat: myoo

Synonyms

Words like Musical

melodichaving a pleasing tune
tunefulfull of tune
song-filledincluding many songs
Antonyms

Opposite words

silentwithout sound
unmusicalnot pleasing or not related to music
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Word family

Musical word family

Base word

musical

noun

music

Organized sound.

adverb

musically

In a musical way.

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