chorus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
a chorus of boos
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
utter in unison
`yes,' the children chorused
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
- chorus derivation
- Greek chorus derivation
Sense 3 noun
a group of people assembled to sing together
Types & categories
- musical organization hypernym
- choir hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
sing in a choir
Types & categories
- sing hypernym
Related & opposite
- choir derivation
- refrain derivation
- chorus derivation
- Greek chorus derivation
- chorus line derivation
- choir derivation
- choir derivation
- music domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- song part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a body of dancers or singers who perform together
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- corps de ballet hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chorus girl member meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
Types & categories
- troupe hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chorus |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choral |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chorus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Greek chorus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | choral |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical organization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | choir |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refrain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chorus |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | Greek chorus |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chorus line |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | choral |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | song |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tra-la |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | choral |
| 6 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | chorus girl |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | corps de ballet |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | chorus |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | choir |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | choric |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | singing |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | troupe |