Words Like DISSONANCE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DISSONANCE.

12 Alternative Words Similar to dissonance

1 Disagreement Noun Synonym Words Like Disagreement

2 Dissension Noun Synonym Words Like Dissension

3 Noise Noun Synonym Words Like Noise

4 Racket Noun Synonym Words Like Racket

5 Conflict Noun Synonym Words Like Conflict

6 Sound Noun Synonym Words Like Sound

7 Agreement Noun Antonym Words Like Agreement

8 Discord Noun Synonym Words Like Discord

9 Disunity Noun Hyponym

10 Divide Noun Hyponym Words Like Divide

11 Disharmony Noun Hyponym

12 Inharmoniousness Noun Hyponym

10 definitions of dissonance

1 A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

2 Want of agreement; incongruity.

3 a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

4 the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

5 disagreeable sounds

6 A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.

7 Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict: "In Vietnam, reality fell away and dissonance between claim and fact filled the void” ( Michael Janeway).

8 Music A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.

9 The quality or fact of being dissonant; an inharmonious mixture or combination of sounds; harshness of combined sounds; discord.

10 Specifically— In music: The combination of tones that are so far unrelated to each other as to produce beats: distinguished from consonance. See beat, n.

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