Definition for Dissonance:

• Want of agreement; incongruity.

Synonyms for Dissonance:

• n.

  •
  • disaccord,
  • difficulty,
  • faction,
  • confrontation,
  • war,
  • schism.
  •attribute (noun)
  • dissonance.
  •cognition (noun)
  • racket,
  • noise.
  •conflict (noun)
  • harshness,
  • altercation,
  • clash,
  • dissension,
  • antagonism,
  • squall,
  • riot,
  • raucousness,
  • dissidence,
  • hubbub,
  • strife,
  • clamor,
  • row,
  • hassle,
  • commotion,
  • disagreement,
  • antipathy,
  • animosity,
  • tension,
  • Discordancy,
  • hostility,
  • feud,
  • brawl,
  • conflict,
  • squabble,
  • friction,
  • difference,
  • cacophony,
  • collision,
  • imbroglio,
  • contention,
  • warfare,
  • enmity.
  •disaccord (noun)
  • in-compatibility,
  • dis-accords,
  • in-compatibilities,
  • dis accord,
  • dis accords,
  • dis-accord,
  • in compatibility,
  • in compatibilities.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • disparity,
  • variance,
  • controversy,
  • incongruity.
  •discord (noun)
  • tunelessness.
  •discordance (noun)
  • disunity,
  • incompatibility,
  • opposition,
  • dissent,
  • discordance.
  •discrepancy (noun)
  • in congruities,
  • dis-parities,
  • un likenesses,
  • mis-calculations,
  • in-congruity,
  • dis-similarities,
  • dis-similitude,
  • dis similitudes,
  • dis similarities,
  • alterities,
  • in congruity,
  • dis parity,
  • dis-similarity,
  • un likeness,
  • mis-calculation,
  • mis calculation,
  • mis calculations,
  • un-likeness,
  • dis-semblance,
  • in-congruities,
  • dis-similitudes,
  • dis similarity,
  • un-likenesses,
  • othernesses,
  • dis-semblances,
  • dis semblances,
  • far cries,
  • dis semblance,
  • dis parities,
  • dis similitude,
  • dis-parity.
  •disharmony (noun)
  • in harmoniousness,
  • dis harmonies,
  • dissonancies,
  • dis-harmonies,
  • dis harmony,
  • in harmoniousnesses,
  • inharmoniousnesses,
  • dis-harmony,
  • in-harmoniousnesses,
  • in-harmoniousness.
  •dissentience (noun)
  • dis sentiences,
  • dis-sentiences,
  • dis sentience,
  • dis-sentience.
  •division (noun)
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis sents,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis sent,
  • dis-sent,
  • dis union,
  • dis unions,
  • dis-union,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis-unions,
  • difference opinion,
  • dis-sents.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Reverb,
  • dissentience,
  • drumroll,
  • Inharmony,
  • timbre.
  •
  • drumming.
  •
  • tattoo,
  • chord.
  •
  • rhythm,
  • toot,
  • trill,
  • music,
  • crescendo.
  •
  • mode.
  •
  • stress.
  •
  • tone.
  •
  • strain.
  •
  • sound.
  •
  • roll.

Paraphrases for Dissonance:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discordance, mismatch, discrepancy, Unconformity, inconsistency, cacophony.

Antonyms for Dissonance:

• n.

  • attribute
    harmony.
  • disagreement
    peace, accord, consonance, concord, agreement, peacefulness, sympathy, concurrence, similarity, resonance.
  • Other antonyms:
    cooperation, concordance.

Dissonance Sentence Examples:

• In most of the German schools a portion, but a very scanty portion of instruction in singing is given, and this mainly with the object of preventing the people from too much disturbing the devotions of the congregations in the churches by their dissonance.

• Again and again in Henry V. the dissonance of character between the poet and his soldier - puppet jars upon the ears, and this dissonance is generally characteristic.

Homophones for Dissonance:

• ditchmoss, dodecanese, dhodhekanisos, dishwashing, dicksoniaceae, Des Moines, digenesis, diagnosis, disco music, digging, Dow Jones, diakinesis, dashing, dowsing, dysgenic, disowning, disengage, diggings, degaussing, death camas, dodging, De Quincey, diogenes, duskiness, dysgenics, dysgenesis, dickens, dugong, De Kooning, designing, dehiscence, dyskinesia, deaconess, descensus, dizziness, dogging, dismiss, ducking, decency, docking, dozens, dismaying, diagnose, dousing.

Hypernym for Dissonance:

• n.

  • attribute
    discordance, disharmony, inharmoniousness, discord, cacophony.

Hyponym for Dissonance:

• n.

  • attribute
    sound property.
  • cognition
    sound, auditory sensation.