Synonyms for genre

Most common

gender · category

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

   This film is a cross-genre piece, dark and funny at the same time.

Forms

Plural

genres → kinds, categories, types, sorts…

Example sentences

• gender Equestrian is the only mixed-gender Olympic event.
• category His latest work belongs to a different category.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

kind¹, type¹, race¹, sort¹

5 letters

class¹

6 letters

gender²

8 letters

category⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gender² = 2 syllables).