ambient

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈæmbɪənt/ 🇺🇸 /ˈæmbiːənt/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to or denoting the surrounding environment or atmosphere.; Relating to a genre of music characterized by atmospheric, unobtrusive soundscapes designed to create a mood or atmosphere.; Relating to light that is present in a scene or environment, not directly emitted from a specific source.
  2. noun
    A genre of music emphasizing tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

ambient temperatureambient lightambient musicambient noiseambient airambient conditions

Derivatives

ambienceambianceambiently

Synonyms

surroundingenvironmentalatmosphericpervasiveomnipresent

Antonyms

directfocused

Commonly confused

ambience
EN: 'Ambience' (or 'ambiance') is the noun referring to the character or atmosphere of a place; 'ambient' is the adjective describing something in the surrounding environment.
ambivalent
EN: 'Ambivalent' means having mixed feelings about something; 'ambient' relates to the surrounding environment.

Spelling tips

EN: The related noun has two accepted spellings: 'ambience' (more common in British English) and 'ambiance' (more common in American English). Do not confuse 'ambient' with 'ambivalent'.

💬 Examples

  1. The ambient temperature in the room was comfortable at 22 degrees Celsius.

  2. She listened to ambient music while studying to help her concentrate.

  3. The photographer adjusted the exposure to account for the ambient light in the room.

  4. Brian Eno is widely considered a pioneer of ambient.