Dictionary Entry
instrumental
instrumental is a 12-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.
- 2adjective
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.
- 3adjective
Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.
- 4adjective
serving or acting as a means or aid
"instrumental in solving the crime"
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- 5adjective
relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
"instrumental compositions"
"an instrumental ensemble"
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