Words Like SUBDOMINANT

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

2 Alternative Words Similar to subdominant

1 Note Noun      Synonym Words Like Note
2 Tone Noun      Synonym Words Like Tone

9 definitions of subdominant

1 The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
2 (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
3 Music The fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
4 Zoology Less than dominant; ranking below one that is dominant: the subdominant male in a pride of lions.
5 Ecology Prevalent in a community but below the dominant in importance. Used of a species.
6 In music, the tone next below the dominant in a scale; the fourth, as D in the scale of A: also used adjectively. See diagram under circle.
7 Subordinate; sub-maximal or subnormal: said specifically of the stimuli which evoke marginal or obscure mental processes.
8 The fourth tone of a scale.
9 The triad built on the subdominant tone.
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