Synonyms for genre
ˈʒɑn rə; Fr. ˈʒɑ̃ rəgenre

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1. genrenoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, class, type

2. genrenoun

   A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

   Synonyms:
   class, type, kind

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.9 / 37 votes

1. genrenoun

   a kind of literary or artistic work

   Synonyms:
   music genre, writing style, musical style, literary genre, musical genre

2. writing style, literary genre, genrenoun

   a style of expressing yourself in writing

   Synonyms:
   music genre, writing style, musical style, literary genre, musical genre

3. music genre, musical genre, genre, musical stylenoun

   an expressive style of music

   Synonyms:
   music genre, writing style, musical style, literary genre, musical genre

4. genrenoun

   a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

   Synonyms:
   music genre, writing style, musical style, literary genre, musical genre

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Expressive Style
   • Kind
   • Music

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1. List of paraphrases for "genre":

   genus, kind, gender, genera, type, sort

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1. Stephanie Grisham:

   Yet another book about Melania Trump with false information and sources. This book belongs in the fiction genre.

2. Tony Visconti:

   When he put out albums like Heroes and Low, no one was doing anything like that, and then he gave birth to the New Romantic scene. He's a genre-breaker, and I can't wait for the ? imitation albums to start coming out.

3. Ann Hui:

   I think Hong Kong should have its own film industry apart from co-productions with China, because even a province would like to have its local color and see its way of life in the films, hong Kong has a tradition of local films and has very distinct particulars about certain people and about certain subjects that are banned in China -- triads, horror stories, horror mixed with kung fu, kung fu mixed with comedy, that kind of genre in China right now is censored.

4. Dave Chappelle:

   I love my art form because I understand every practitioner of it, whether I agree with them or not I know where they're coming from. They want to be heard, they got something to say, there's something they notice. They just want to be understood, i love this genre, it saved my life.

5. Ashley Charles:

   The main appeal of chiptune music is that it's quite nostalgic -- using video game software and hardware from the 1980s and early 1990s to make sounds that sound like modern sounds, it's a way of creating music, it's not a genre ... You can make different types of chiptune music using different instruments.