Synonyms of the word counterpoint


COUNTERPOINTCOMPOSE - CONTRAST - DIFFER - POLYPHONY - WRITE

counterpoint

  • n. (music) a melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains…
  • n. any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
  • n. An opposite point.
  • v. (transitive) to compose or arrange such music.

compose

  • v. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
  • v. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  • v. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create…
  • v. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
  • v. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  • v. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  • v. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  • v. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

contrast

  • n. (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more…
  • n. (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
  • n. (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
  • v. (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
  • v. (intransitive) To form a contrast.

differ

  • v. Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
  • v. (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

polyphony

  • n. (music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just…

write

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
  • v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To send written information to.
  • v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
  • v. (intransitive) To be an author.
  • v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
  • v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
  • v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
  • v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
  • n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

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