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English adjective: tonal

1. tonal employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words


SamplesChinese is a tonal language.


Synonymstonic

2. tonal having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic


Similardiatonic, keyed, polytonal, toned, tonic


Domain categorymusic


Antonymsatonal, unkeyed









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