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Adjective: musical  myoo-zi-kul
  1. Characterized by or capable of producing music
    "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
     
  2. Talented in or devoted to music
    "comes from a very musical family"
     
  3. Characteristic of, resembling or accompanied by music
    "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"
     
  4. Containing, constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
    "the musical song of a meadowlark";
    - melodious, melodic
Noun: musical  myoo-zi-kul
  1. A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
    - musical comedy, musical theater [US], musical theatre

Derived forms: musicals

See also: ariose, canorous, cantabile, chanted, dulcet, honeyed, liquid, lyrical, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, musicality, musicalness, philharmonic, singable, singing, songful, songlike, sweet

Type of: film, flick [informal], motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic [informal], picture, picture show, play

Antonym: nonmusical

Encyclopedia: Musical