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DISSONANCES Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word dissonances. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word dissonances. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for DISSONANCES

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clashes

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• a state of conflict between persons

• a state of conflict between colors

• a minor short-term fight

verb

• crash together with violent impact

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• disagree violently

conflicts

noun

n

noun

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

verb

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

contradictions

noun

n

noun

• opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

• (logic) a statement that is necessarily false

• the speech act of contradicting someone

discrepancies

noun

n

noun

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• an event that departs from expectations

disharmonies

noun

n

noun

• a lack of harmony

disruptions

noun

n

noun

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

• the act of causing disorder

dissimilarities

noun

n

noun

• the quality of being dissimilar

incongruities

noun

n

noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

inconsistencies

noun

n

noun

• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

• the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

inequalities

noun

n

noun

• lack of equality

oppositions

noun

n

noun

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

• the relation between opposed entities

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a contestant that you are matched against

• a body of people united in opposing something

• a direction opposite to another

• an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

variances

noun

n

noun

• an event that departs from expectations

• discord that splits a group

• the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the quality of being subject to variation

• an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

incompatibilities

noun

n

noun

• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

• (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

• the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

disagreement

noun

n

noun

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

dissension

noun

n

noun

• disagreement among those expected to cooperate

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

noise

noun

n

noun

• sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• a loud outcry of protest or complaint

• incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks

• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

verb

• emit a noise

racket

noun

n

noun

• a loud and disturbing noise

• an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

verb

• celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

• make loud and annoying noises

• hit (a ball) with a racket

Best Hypernyms For DISSONANCES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dissonances, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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