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. Henry Hobson:

   It pushes the zombie genre, with a very small film, in a new direction, in so far as saying what does it look like for a small family to go through the trauma of death and the eventual terrifying consequences.

2. Pete Docter:

   We often hear of animation referred to as a genre, which we don't believe in, we just consider it a medium and one thing, the only real metric we work to...is make something you want to see, make something you'd be proud to show your family.

3. Robert Thompson:

   The kind of thing he's doing with this fraud podcast is very, very much in a genre that is really popular, matter of fact, the first podcasts to really break through were these true crime kinds of things.

4. 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.

5. Larry Mestel:

   We want to be in business and partner with the greatest of the greats, regardless of the genre, regardless of the era.