polyphonic

polyphonic is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a multiplicity of sounds. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 25 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having a multiplicity of sounds.
2. adjective. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
3. adjective. Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
4. adjective. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together

   Synonyms: contrapuntal

5. adjective. of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

   "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"

   Synonyms: polyphonous

6. adjective. having two or more phonetic values

   "polyphonic letters such as `a'"

Synonyms

contrapuntal, polyphonous

Common word forms

polyphonical

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for POLYPHONIC lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.