Definition for Timbre:

• The sonorous quality of a voice or instrument, as exemplified in the rendering of a given tone; the quality of the sound.

Synonyms for Timbre:

• n.

  •
  • dissonance,
  • mode,
  • music,
  • drumming,
  • crescendo,
  • lilt,
  • harmony,
  • discord,
  • drumroll,
  • chord.
  •
  • sounds.
  •accent, intonation (noun)
  • inflection.
  •attribute (noun)
  • tone,
  • timbre,
  • quality,
  • timber.
  •pitch (noun)
  • harmonics.
  •spirit (noun)
  • sub-stance,
  • sub stance,
  • sub stances,
  • in tent,
  • sub-stances,
  • spirit,
  • in tents.
  •state of mind (noun)
  • mood,
  • temper.
  •stress or pitch in pronunciation (noun)
  • accent.
  •temper (noun)
  • out-looks,
  • out-look,
  • out look,
  • out looks.
  •tone (noun)
  • intonation,
  • overtone,
  • resonance,
  • beat,
  • pitch.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tonality,
  • tone color.
  •vibration
  • sonority.

Antonyms for Timbre:

• n.

  • tone
    pitch, volume.

Timbre Sentence Examples:

• The voice falls flat and metallic, or drops into gruffness and harshness; losing its delicate tuneful inflections, its sympathetic timbre, its joyous quality.

• And not once did it falter or lose its pure timbre.

Homophones for Timbre:

• timber.

Hypernym for Timbre:

• n.

  • attribute
    nasality, sonority, harmonic, resonance, sonorousness, stridency, plangency, shrillness, reverberance, vibrancy, colour, colouration, register, stridence, ringing, coloration, color.

Hyponym for Timbre:

• n.

  • attribute
    sound property.