Synonyms for Genre
ˈʒɑn rə; Fr. ˈʒɑ̃ rəgenre

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

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, 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, 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "genre":

   genus, kind, gender, genera, type, sort

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How to use Genre in a sentence?

1. Jon Gray:

   We have recently had some of the biggest country acts play the room -- from Zac Brown Band to Chris Stapleton -- and this genre consistently does extremely well at the Pearl.

2. Jordan Peele:

   I came up with this idea during the Obama administration, when we were living in this era of the post-racial lie, racism is real and it's not really represented in the horror genre, which is a genre that traditionally takes on social horrors and human demons.

3. David Guetta:

   It's an evolution. The thing is that, every musical genre starts from the underground, gets trendy, then it becomes popular, and then it dies or it is reinvented in a different way.

4. Charles Kelley:

   I feel like finally we're getting a little more diversity back a little bit, having someone like Chris Stapleton starting to have some have success, Kacey Musgraves, Cam, to mix in with, you know it doesn't always need to be just a party I think we're finally getting this thing and I think too that's what's going to make it globally a giant genre.

5. Sarah Holding:

   Coined by climate activist Dan Bloom to capture an emergent literary genre dealing with life on Earth after it’s been ravaged by climate change, this [cli-fi] is fast becoming the most exciting and challenging subject area driving YA literature.