'Musical' definitions:
Definition of 'musical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
adjective
Talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family" [ant: nonmusical, unmusical]
adjective
Characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant: nonmusical, unmusical]
adjective
Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious, melodic, musical] [ant: unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical]
noun
A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing [syn: musical, musical comedy, musical theater]
Definition of 'Musical'
From: GCIDE
- Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. [1913 Webster]
- Musical box, or Music box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.
- Musical fish (Zool.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
- Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Musical'
From: GCIDE
- Musical \Mu"sic*al\, n.
- 1. Music. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To fetch home May with their musical. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'musical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achingly sweet,
- agreeable,
- agreeable-sounding,
- appealing,
- ariose,
- arioso,
- arlequinade,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- black comedy,
- blending,
- broad comedy,
- Broadway musical,
- burlesque,
- burletta,
- camp,
- canorous,
- cantabile,
- catchy,
- chiming,
- chorus show,
- comedie bouffe,
- comedie larmoyante,
- comedie rosse,
- comedietta,
- comedy,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy of humors,
- comedy of ideas,
- comedy of intrigue,
- comedy of manners,
- comedy of situation,
- comedy relief,
- comic muse,
- comic opera,
- comic relief,
- consonant,
- dance drama,
- dark comedy,
- domestic comedy,
- dulcet,
- euphonic,
- euphonious,
- euphonous,
- exode,
- farce,
- farce comedy,
- fine-toned,
- genteel comedy,
- golden,
- golden-tongued,
- golden-voiced,
- grand opera,
- harlequinade,
- harmonic,
- harmonious,
- high camp,
- honeyed,
- light comedy,
- light opera,
- low camp,
- low comedy,
- lyric drama,
- lyrical,
- melic,
- mellifluent,
- mellifluous,
- mellisonant,
- mellow,
- melodic,
- melodious,
- mime,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- music drama,
- music-flowing,
- music-like,
- music-loving,
- musical comedy,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- musically inclined,
- musicianly,
- musicophile,
- opera,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- operetta,
- philharmonic,
- pleasant,
- pleasant-sounding,
- raw comedy,
- realistic comedy,
- rich,
- romantic comedy,
- satyr play,
- sentimental comedy,
- silver-toned,
- silver-tongued,
- silver-voiced,
- silvery,
- singable,
- Singspiel,
- situation comedy,
- slapstick,
- slapstick comedy,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play,
- songful,
- songlike,
- sonorous,
- sweet,
- sweet-flowing,
- sweet-sounding,
- symphonic,
- symphonious,
- Thalia,
- tragicomedy,
- tunable,
- tuned,
- tuneful,
- virtuose,
- virtuosic,
- virtuoso
Words containing 'Musical'
- Music,
- Musically,
- Musicalness,
- musicality,
- Chamber music,
- Magic music,
- Music box,
- Music drama,
- Music hall,
- Music loft,
- Music of the spheres,
- Music paper,
- Music pen,
- Music shell,
- Musical box,
- Musical fish,
- Musical glasses,
- Musical proportion,
- Passion music,
- Programme music,
- Secular music,
- To face the music,
- Vocal music,
- bachelor of music,
- ballroom music,
- black music,
- chin music,
- church music,
- classical music,
- concerted music,
- country music,
- dance music,
- danceroom music,
- department of music,
- disco music,
- doctor of music,
- ethnic music,
- face the music,
- folk music,
- hillbilly music,
- incidental music,
- instrumental music,
- marching music,
- martial music,
- military music,
- monophonic music,
- music critic,
- music department,
- music director,
- music genre,
- music instrumental,
- music lesson,
- music lover,
- music rack,
- music roll,
- music school,
- music stand,
- music stool,
- music teacher,
- musical accompaniment,
- musical arrangement,
- musical chairs,
- musical comedy,
- musical composition,
- musical drama,
- musical genre,
- musical group,
- musical harmony,
- musical instrument,
- musical interval,
- musical mode,
- musical notation,
- musical note,
- musical octave,
- musical organisation,
- musical organization,
- musical passage,
- musical perception,
- musical performance,
- musical phrase,
- musical rhythm,
- musical scale,
- musical score,
- musical soiree,
- musical style,
- musical theater,
- musical theme,
- musical time,
- part music,
- piano music,
- piece of music,
- polyphonic music,
- pop music,
- popular music,
- program music,
- rap music,
- religious music,
- rock music,
- school of music,
- serial music,
- serious music,
- set to music,
- sheet music,
- swing music,
- symphonic music,
- 12-tone music,
- doctor of musical arts,
- electronic musical instrument,
- heavy metal music,
- musical time signature,
- popular music genre,
- african-american music,
- musical instrument digital interface,
- square-dance music,
- twelve-tone music