Home › Words › S › suboctavesuboctavesuboctave means in the proportion of 1 to 8.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, suboctave ranks #6,829 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + octave.adjIn the proportion of 1 to 8.nounThe octave below another.An eighth part.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.interoctave 74% match — Between octaves vs suboctave →suboscillator 73% match — An oscillator, in an electronic synthesizer, that operates an octave below another oscillator vs suboctave →octocontrabass 69% match — An instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass. vs suboctave →multioctave 65% match — Of or pertaining to more than one octave. vs suboctave →contrabass 61% match — The part or section one octave lower than bass. vs suboctave →millioctave 60% match — One thousandth of an octave (musical interval). vs suboctave →suboctuple 59% match — Containing one part of eight; in the ratio of one to eight. vs suboctave →ottava 59% match — One octave higher; as a marking, typically abbreviated 8va. vs suboctave →