ORCHESTRAL Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

orchestral

adjective

Definition of orchestral

as in harmonic

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Recent Examples of orchestral Andai said Winters plays an important role in supporting students and orchestral music-making at a time when classical music is at risk of being marginalized in Miami. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Seth MacFarlane curated and helped finance the commissions, drawing on his lifelong devotion to orchestral music and his extensive work with live musicians. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 That orchestral soundscape attributed to the power train is also noteworthy in that it has been literally made by musicians. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 Everything from Holden-Rea’s swooning orchestral score, which makes even the most mundane of mise en scène, courses with emotional histrionics, is calibrated for loud emotions. — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for orchestral

Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral

Adjective

But at times, the caliber of their technical and harmonic choices sounds arty and sophisticated.

— Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Mehldau takes special care to retain Smith’s idiosyncratic chord structures, accentuating his sublime harmonic feel.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of harmonic

Adjective

There's a tricky tonal balance in treating the lawyers' gasp-inducing ruthlessness as entertaining and even amusing while also allowing its consequences to be clear.

— Linda Holmes, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
To pair the piece with Celine’s more tailored pieces like the trousers and blouse added a tonal contrast that still executed on its luxury aesthetic, though with a touch of rebellion.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tonal

Adjective

Haring, whose artwork is characterized by bold outlines and rhythmic figures punctuated by playful wit, has become synonymous with the 1980s New York downtown art scene.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
At first, people used drum machines as metronomes — to keep a drummer from speeding up or slowing down and to keep everyone on the same rhythmic wavelength.

— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of rhythmic

Adjective

One is a desire to reflect a polyphonic approach to narrative.

— David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Georgia is culturally alive and vibrant—polyphonic singing seen and heard through swirling traditional dances, finally, felt through ancient cobblestones underfoot.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of polyphonic

Adjective

Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.

— Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.

— Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

Definition of chordal

Adjective

In this grid, the revealer is at 57-Across, clued with [Hides one’s central point, in a way … with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across].

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of homophonic

Adjective

Yet, as with many of Swift’s exes, Hiddleston will forever and always provide some sort of lyrical stimulus.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Some collaborators wanted to talk first, establishing a concept and lyrical world before anyone touched the melody.

— Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of lyrical

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