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genre

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of genre

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

  • the novel's hero is of a different genre than the traditional kind
Synonyms of genre

breed, class, description, feather, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety
Words Related to genre

model

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

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