Need another word that means the same as “timbre”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “timbre” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Timbre” are: quality, timber, tone, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality, resonance, ring
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “timbre” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| colour | The use of all colours not only black and white in photography or television. For colour plant groups of winter flowering pansies. |
| quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone–Shakespeare. The quality of students has risen. |
| resonance | Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant. The concepts lose their emotional resonance. |
| ring | The sound of a bell ringing E A Poe. The distinctive ring of the church bell. |
| sound | An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. She heard the sound of voices in the hall. |
| sound quality | A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water. |
| timber | The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound. Contracts to cut timber. |
| tonality | The use of conventional keys and harmony as the basis of musical composition. The sonata is noteworthy for its extensive variations of mood and tonality. |
| tone | A musical interval of two semitones. The piano tone appears lacking in warmth. |
| tone colour | A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color. |
| voice | The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. A singer takes good care of his voice. |
| voice quality | Expressing in coherent verbal form. |
| acoustic | Of or relating to the science of acoustics. Acoustic properties of a hall. |
| alto | An alto saxophone. Alto clarinet or recorder. |
| ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship having been passed on orally from one generation to the next. |
| beep | Call summon or alert with a beeper. Leave a message after the beep. |
| blowing | Processing that involves blowing a gas. |
| bray | A sound voice or laugh resembling a bray. The mule uttered its insane bray. |
| chord | Play chords on a string instrument. The triumphal opening chords. |
| chorus | A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. Strong guitar driven songs with big big choruses. |
| diatonic | Of a melody or harmony constructed from a diatonic scale. |
| dysphonia | Difficulty in speaking due to a physical disorder of the mouth, tongue, throat, or vocal cords. |
| emotionless | Unmoved by feeling-Margaret Deland. Her voice was flat and emotionless. |
| lugubrious | Looking or sounding sad and dismal. His face looked even more lugubrious than usual. |
| musical | Talented in or devoted to music. Comes from a very musical family. |
| octave | The interval between the two notes at the extremes of an octave. |
| sing | Deliver by singing. He knew Himself to sing and build the lofty rhyme. |
| singing | The act of singing vocal music. The cries of laughter from children are a pleasant counterpoint to the singing of blackbirds. |
| solfege | A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable. |
| song | A musical composition suggestive of a song. A pop song. |
| tonal | Having tonality i e tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic. The poem s tonal lapses. |
| tone | A steady sound without overtones. The general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw. |
| toot | Make a toot. An accidental toot from the saxophonist. |
| tune | The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch. The radio was tuned to the BBC. |
| verbal | A verbal noun. A verbal agreement. |
| vocal | Having or using the power to produce speech or sound. He was vocal in condemning the action. |
| vocalization | The action or process of changing a consonant to a semivowel or vowel. The respiratory muscles are involved in vocalization and swallowing. |
| vocalize | Write (a language such as Hebrew) with vowel points. Gillie could scarcely vocalize her responses. |
| voice | Give voice to. She had strained and falsified her literary voice. |
| whispering | Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords. |
| whistle | The act of signalling e g summoning by whistling or blowing a whistle. She whistled for her maid. |
| wordless | (of a vocal sound) not in the form of words. A simple wordless melody. |
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