Synonyms for crotchet
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
Related words
- Word family
- crotchety
- Phrases
- crotchet rest
Forms
- Plural
- crotchets → fancies, freaks, quirks, whims…
Example sentences
- queerness Why is queerness still stigmatized?
- hook Please hang your coat on the hook behind the door.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| crotchet | steady | |
| quirkiness | rising | |
| queerness | rising | |
| capriccio | steady | |
| vagary | steady | |
| hook | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hook1, whim1, kink
- 5 letters
- fancy2, humor2, freak1, craze1, quirk1
- 6 letters
- humour2, oddity3, maggot2, whimsy2, vagary3
- 7 letters
- caprice2, conceit2
- 9 letters
- queerness, capriccio
- 10 letters
- quirkiness
- 11 letters
- strangeness2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).