Synonyms of the word alto


ALTOCONTRALTO - COUNTERTENOR - HIGH - HIGH-PITCHED - LOW - LOW-PITCHED - PITCH - SINGER - VOCALISER - VOCALIST - VOCALIZER

alto

  • n. A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a…
  • n. A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

contralto

  • n. (music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto…

countertenor

  • n. adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range.
  • n. male singing voice far higher than the typical male vocal range.
  • n. (Older) a part or section performing a countermelody against the tenor or main part.

high

  • adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
  • adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  • adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
  • adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
  • adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
  • adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
  • adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
  • adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
  • adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
  • adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
  • adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
  • adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
  • adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
  • adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
  • adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
  • adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
  • adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  • adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
  • adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
  • adv. In or to an elevated position.
  • adv. In or at a great value.
  • adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
  • n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  • n. A drug that gives such a high.
  • n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  • n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
  • n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  • n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
  • v. (obsolete) To rise.
  • n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
  • v. To hie; to hasten.

high-pitched

  • adj. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch.

low

  • adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
  • adj. Small in height.
  • adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
  • adj. Depressed, sad.
  • adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
  • adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
  • adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
  • adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
  • adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
  • adj. Being near the equator.
  • adj. Humble in character or status.
  • adj. Simple in complexity or development.
  • adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
  • adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
  • adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
  • adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
  • n. Something that is low; a low point.
  • n. A depressed mood or situation.
  • n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
  • n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
  • n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
  • n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
  • adv. Close to the ground.
  • adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
  • adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
  • adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
  • adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
  • adv. In a time approaching our own.
  • adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
  • v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
  • v. (intransitive) To moo.
  • n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
  • n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
  • n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

low-pitched

  • adj. Of a sound, having a comparatively low pitch.

pitch

  • n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
  • n. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
  • n. (geology) Pitchstone.
  • v. To cover or smear with pitch.
  • v. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
  • n. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
  • n. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
  • n. (sports) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is…
  • n. An effort to sell or promote something.
  • n. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread,…
  • n. The angle at which an object sits.
  • n. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
  • n. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
  • n. The place where a busker performs.
  • n. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
  • n. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
  • n. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
  • n. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
  • n. (now Britain, regional) A person or animal's height.
  • n. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
  • n. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
  • n. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate…
  • n. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
  • v. (transitive) To throw.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
  • v. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
  • v. (transitive) To throw away; discard.
  • v. (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
  • v. (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
  • v. (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
  • v. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes…
  • v. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
  • v. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
  • v. (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
  • v. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
  • v. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
  • v. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
  • v. (transitive, card games, slang, of a card) To discard for some gain.
  • n. (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
  • n. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune…
  • v. (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
  • v. (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.

singer

  • n. A person who sings, often professionally.
  • n. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure…
  • n. A person who, or device which, singes.
  • n. A machine for singeing cloth.

vocaliser

  • n. Alternative form of vocalizer.

vocalist

  • n. A singer; a person who likes to sing.

vocalizer

  • n. One who vocalizes.

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