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instrumental

/ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/adjective4 syllables

Instrumental means: serving or acting as a means or aid.

Synonyms for instrumental3

adjective, as in serving or acting as a means or aid

implemental, subservient, helpful

Opposites of instrumental

vocal

What does instrumental mean?2

adjective

1

serving or acting as a means or aid“instrumental in solving the crime”

2

relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments“instrumental compositions”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with instrumental?26

three syllables

parentaljudgmental

five syllables

environmentalexperimentaldevelopmental

6 syllables

intercontinentalintergovernmental
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Instrumental in a sentence

  • Russian has six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.AlanF_US
  • Russian has six basic cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional.Ooneykcall
  • I like vocal music better than instrumental music.CK
  • Beethoven's instrumental music invites us to contemplate a landscape gigantic beyond measure.shekitten
  • Esperanto is an instrumental language that can be translated from any other language.carlosalberto
  • He was greatly instrumental in making Japan understood.unknown
  • The instrumental case is one of the most graceful aspects of the Russian language.carlosalberto
  • Newton was instrumental in developing techniques to prevent counterfeiting of the English money.Hybrid

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