musical

Meanings

Plural: musicals

Noun

• a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
• A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
• A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

Adjective

• characterized by or capable of producing music
  • "a musical evening"
  • "musical instruments"
• talented in or devoted to music
  • "comes from a very musical family"
• characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
  • "a musical speaking voice"
  • "a musical comedy"
• containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

Adj

• Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
• Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
• Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
• Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

Synonyms

melodic, melodious, musical comedy, musical theater

Antonyms

unmelodious, unmusical

Related Words

music, musicality, musically

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