Polyphonic

Of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

Synonyms

Polyphonous

In category

Music

Pertains to

Polyphony

Examples

Polyphonic traditions of the baroque

Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together

Synonyms

Contrapuntal

In category

Music

Antonyms

Monophonic

Having two or more phonetic values

In category

Linguistics

Pertains to

Polyphone

Derivation

Polyphone

Examples

Polyphonic letters such as `a'