| Main Entry: | diva |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prima donna |
Synonyms: |
famous singer, lead singer, opera singer |
| Main Entry: | actress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | woman actor |
Synonyms: |
diva, ingenue, leading lady, prima donna, starlet |
| Main Entry: | hero/heroine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brave person; champion |
Synonyms: |
ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, demigod, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, goddess, great person, heavy, ideal, idol, lead, leading person, lion, martyr, model, paladin, person of the hour, popular figure, prima donna, principal, protagonist, saint, star, superstar, tin god, victor, worthy |
| Main Entry: | musician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs music |
Synonyms: |
artist, artiste, composer, conductor, diva, entertainer, instrumentalist, performer, player, session player, soloist, virtuoso, vocalist |
| Main Entry: | prima donna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal female performer |
Synonyms: |
diva, first lady, headliner, lead vocalist, leading lady, opera singer, singer, soloist, star, superstar, superwoman, topliner |
| Main Entry: | singer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who can carry a tune |
Synonyms: |
accompanist, artist, artiste, chanter, chanteuse, choralist, chorister, crooner, diva, intoner, melodist, minstrel, musician, nightingale, serenader, soloist, songbird, songster, troubadour, vocalist, voice, warbler, yodeler |
| Concept: | Musician. [Performance of Music] |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; musical sounds |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel; bard (poet); accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper., band, orchestra, waits., vocalist, melodist; singer, warbler; songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress; cantatrice., choir, quire, chorister; chorus, chorus singer; liedertafel., nightingale, philomel, thrush; siren; bulbul, mavis; Pierides; sacred nine; Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses, Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore; tuneful nine, tuneful quire., composer., performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization.
-verbs
play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle; strike the lyre, beat the drum; blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn; doodle; grind the organ; touch the guitar (instruments); thrum, strum, beat time., execute, perform; accompany; sing a second, play a second; compose, set to music, arrange., sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle; sol-fa; intone., have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.
-adjectives
playing; musical.
-adverbs
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