| Main Entry: | melody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, tune |
Synonyms: |
air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inflection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme, tunefulness, unison |
Antonyms: |
cacophony, disharmony |
| Concept: | Melody. Concord. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; musical sounds |
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-nouns
melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme (poetry)., pitch, timbre, intonation, tone., scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic scale, chromatic scale, enharmonic scale; key, clef, chords., modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution., staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato, appoggiatura; acciaccatura., note, musical note, notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note (shrillness); low note; interval; semitone; second, third, fourth; diatessaron., breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden., tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic, mediant, dominant; submediant, subdominant; octave, tetrachord; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase., concord, harmony; emmeleia; unison, unisonance; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism; tonality; consonance; consent; part., [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-bass; counterpoint; faburden., piece of music; composer, harmonist, contrapuntist.
-verbs
be harmonious; harmonize, chime, symphonize, transpose; put in tune, tune, accord, string.
-adjectives
harmonious, harmonical; in concord, in tune, in concert; unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant; ariose, consonant., measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic., melodious, musical; melic; tuneful, tunable; sweet, dulcet, canorous; mellow, mellifluous; soft, clear, clear as a bell; silvery; euphonious, euphonic, euphonical; symphonious; enchanting (pleasure-giving) [more]; fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned.
-adverbs
harmoniously
-phrases
"the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton].
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Antonyms: |
discord |
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| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
Synonyms: |
aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |
| Main Entry: | anthem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | song |
Synonyms: |
canticle, chant, chorus, hymn, melody, paean |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of song |
Synonyms: |
carol, croon, hymn, incantation, intonation, lilt, mantra, melody, psalm, shout, singing, song, trill, tune, warble |
| Main Entry: | chorus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refrain |
Synonyms: |
bob, burden, chorale, main section, melody, motif, music, recurrent verse, response, ritornelle, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or musical creation |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, article, cantata, chart, concerto, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, fiction, getup, literary work, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, rhapsody, romance, score, setup, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing |
| Main Entry: | harmony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical accordance |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, attunement, blend, blending, chime, chord, chorus, composition, concentus, concert, concinnity, concurrence, consonance, diapason, euphony, harmonics, mellifluousness, melodiousness, melody, organum, overtone, piece, polyphony, richness, symphony, triad, tune, tunefulness, unison, unity |
Antonyms: |
cacophony, discord, jangling |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
Synonyms: |
accent, cadence, cadency, division, melody, meter, rhyme, step, stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration |
| Main Entry: | music |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sounds that are pleasant, harmonized |
Synonyms: |
a cappella, acoustic, air, bebop, bop, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, heavy metal, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, opera, piece, plainsong, popular, ragtime, rap, refrain, rock, rock and roll, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune |
Antonyms: |
silence |