MUSICAL GROUP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An organization of musicians who perform together

Synonyms:

musical group; musical organisation; musical organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("musical group" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Meronyms (members of "musical group"):

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical group"):

chorus (a group of people assembled to sing together)

ensemble (a group of musicians playing or singing together)

section (a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class)

duet; duette; duo (two performers or singers who perform together)

trio (three performers or singers who perform together)

quartet; quartette (four performers or singers who perform together)

quintet; quintette (five performers or singers who perform together)

sestet; sextet; sextette (six performers or singers who perform together)

septet; septette (seven performers or singers who perform together)

octet; octette (eight performers or singers who perform together)

orchestra (a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players)

band (instrumentalists not including string players)

band; dance band; dance orchestra (a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing)