Lyric

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
  • adj. Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode.
  • adj. Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
  • adj. Lyrical.
  • adj. Music Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range.
  • adj. Music Of, relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera: the lyric stage.
  • adj. Music Having a pleasing succession of sounds; melodious.
  • adj. Music Of or relating to the lyre or harp.
  • adj. Music Appropriate for accompaniment by the lyre.
  • n. A lyric poem.
  • n. Music The words of a song. Often used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
  • adj. Of, or relating to a writer of such poetry
  • adj. lyrical
  • adj. Having a light singing voice of modest range
  • adj. Of, or relating to musical drama and opera
  • adj. melodious
  • adj. Of, or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)
  • n. A lyric poem.
  • n. The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
  • adj. Fitted to be sung to the lyre
  • adj. expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet.
  • n. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  • n. A composer of lyric poems.
  • n. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  • n. The words of a song.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or adapted to the lyre or harp; fit to be sung to an accompaniment; hence, pertaining to or characteristic of song; suggestive of music or song.
  • Writing for or as if for the lyre, or with musical effect; composing songs, or poems of a song-like character: as, a lyric poet.
  • n. A composer of lyric poems.
  • n. A lyric composition or poem.
  • n. A verse of the kind commonly used in lyric poetry.
  • To sing in a lyrical way.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a short poem of songlike quality
  • adj. expressing deep emotion
  • n. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
  • adj. of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
  • adj. used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
  • adj. relating to or being musical drama
  • v. write lyrics for (a song)
  • Equivalent
    emotional    lyrical   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    lyrically    lyrical    lyricize    lyricist    lyricism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    poem    epode    madrigal    canzone    melic   
    Rhyme
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lyrical    ballad    poetic    epic    poem    melody    romantic    song    prose    hymn