crescendo
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
grow louder
The music crescendoes here
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- decrescendo antonym
- crescendo derivation
Sense 3 adjective
gradually increasing in volume
Related & opposite
- crescendo derivation
- increasing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crescendo |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crescendo |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | loudness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swell |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | decrescendo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crescendo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crescendo |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | increasing |