Synonyms of the word contrabass


CONTRABASSBASS - DOUBLE-BASS - LOW - LOW-PITCHED - STRING

contrabass

  • n. part or section one octave lower than bass.
  • n. double bass, string bass.
  • n. person or instrument performing the contrabass part.

bass

  • adj. Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
  • n. A low spectrum of sound tones.
  • n. A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
  • n. A male singer who sings in the bass range.
  • n. (music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric…
  • n. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
  • v. To sound in a deep tone.
  • n. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
  • n. The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
  • n. Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees.
  • n. Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock or thick mat.

double-bass

  • n. Alternative form of double bass.

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.

string

  • n. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  • n. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
  • n. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
  • n. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession;…
  • n. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  • n. (countable) A series of items or events.
  • n. (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
  • n. (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable…
  • n. (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
  • n. (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those…
  • n. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively.
  • n. (countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
  • n. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
  • n. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball…
  • n. The points made in a game of billiards.
  • n. (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play,…
  • n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
  • n. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
  • n. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
  • n. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and…
  • n. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
  • n. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
  • n. (architecture) A stringcourse.
  • n. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
  • v. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
  • v. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
  • v. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are…

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