All lyric synonyms
lyrΒ·ic
L l adj lyric
- choral β Choral music is sung by a choir.
- coloratura β Coloratura is very complicated and difficult music for a solo singer, especially in opera.
- mellifluous β sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- melodic β melodious.
- melodious β of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- poetic β possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- tuneful β full of melody; melodious: tuneful compositions.
- songful β abounding in song; melodious.
- for a song β a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
adjective lyric
- romantic β of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- emotional β Of or relating to a person's emotions.
- expressive β Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
- inspired β aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- sentimental β expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- musical β of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- lilting β rhythmic swing or cadence.
- harmonious β marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
noun lyric
- diapason β either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- vocals β of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- tearjerker β a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- haiku β a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
- villanelle β a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes.
- oldie β a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- blank verse β Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- poem β a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- ode β a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- chorale β A chorale is a piece of music sung as part of a church service.
- rock and roll β a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- sestina β a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- poesy β the work or the art of poetic composition.
- quatrain β a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- melody β musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
- romance β Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
- musicality β of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- rune β a poem, song, or verse.
- idyll β a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- canticle β a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- limerick β a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
- epode β A form of lyric poem written in couplets, in which a long line is followed by a shorter one.
- tear-jerker β a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- song β Ailing [ahy-ling] /ΛaΙͺΛlΙͺΕ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling.
- verse β (not in technical use) a stanza.
- melodrama β a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- assonance β the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- sonnet β Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.