lyric
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
his compositions always started with the lyrics
Types & categories
- text hypernym
- love lyric hyponym
Parts & wholes
- song part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
write lyrics for (a song)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
expressing deep emotion
the dancer's lyrical performance
Related & opposite
- emotional similar to
Sense 4 noun
a short poem of songlike quality
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- strophe part meronym
- antistrophe part meronym
Sense 5 adjective
used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
a lyric soprano
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Sense 6 adjective
relating to or being musical drama
the lyric stage
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Sense 7 adjective
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
lyric poetry
Related & opposite
- verse domain topic
- lyric poem pertains to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lyricist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lyric |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | song |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | text |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | love lyric |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lyric |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | verse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | relyric |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | emotional |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | strophe |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | antistrophe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | poem |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ode |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | dramatic |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 6 | pertains to | Related & opposite | opera |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | verse |
| 7 | pertains to | Related & opposite | lyric poem |