Words Like SUBDOMINANT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SUBDOMINANT.
2 Alternative Words Similar to subdominant
9 definitions of subdominant
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The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
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(music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
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Music The fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
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Zoology Less than dominant; ranking below one that is dominant: the subdominant male in a pride of lions.
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Ecology Prevalent in a community but below the dominant in importance. Used of a species.
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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.
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Subordinate; sub-maximal or subnormal: said specifically of the stimuli which evoke marginal or obscure mental processes.
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The fourth tone of a scale.
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The triad built on the subdominant tone.