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Antonyms for unison

Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-nuh-suh n, -zuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu nə sən, -zən

Definition of unison

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French unisson "unison, accord of sound" (16c.), from Medieval Latin unisonus "having one sound, sounding the same," from Late Latin unisonius "in immediate sequence in the scale, monotonous," from Latin uni- "one" (see one) + sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)). Sense of "harmonious agreement" is first attested 1640s.
  • noun harmony
Example sentences :
  • It is desirable to have these experiments at least worked by the class in unison.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Their hands met and clasped fervently and, again in unison, they said, “Thank God!”
  • Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
  • "We will try it again," said he, and this time led the voices all in unison.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • There is not a circumstance but is in unison with the wild grandeur of the scene.
  • Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
  • Then, in unison, both earthquake and wind died to absolute quiescence.
  • Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • In unison we placed the pellets on our tongues, and hastily swallowed.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The chambers and the government had ceased to act in unison.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I » by Fleury de Chaboulon.
  • Let, then, the voice of their brethren elsewhere, be heard in unison with theirs.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • It sounded like two voices speaking in unison, which was just what it was.
  • Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
  • He made the train in unison with the last drawling cry of the conductor.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Synonyms for unison

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