triad   (Sound)

The noun triad has 4 senses

• three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one)


• trio, triad, triplet, triple -- (a set of three similar things considered as a unit)


• trio, threesome, triad, trinity -- (three people considered as a unit)


• common chord, triad -- (a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones)