lyric  

Thesaurus for lyric

• adjective
  • synonyms
    • lyrical, classical, classical music, poem  
  • antonyms
    • dramatic  
  • related terms
    • serious music, verse form  
  • similar terms
    • emotional  
• noun
  • synonyms
    • words, language, lyric poem, poem, text, textual matter, verse form  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • compose, indite, pen, write  

Pronunciation of lyric: L IH1 R IH0 K ('lɪrɪk)

Number of syllables of lyric: 2

Definition of lyric

• (n): a short poem of songlike quality  
• (n): the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"  
• (v): write lyrics for (a song)  
• (s): expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer''s lyrical performance"  
• (a): used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"  
• (a): of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"  
• (a): relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"  

Examples of lyric

• He was the first to use the sonnet and the terza rima in German lyric.  
• The content of the article is the lyric for the song.  
• The lyric is cynical about marriage and mortgages and is amusingly witty.  
• The Lyric is missing the sixth line in the fourth stanza.  
• The meaning of this song's lyric is unfathomable.  
• The bridge in the song is very messy, fitting in with the lyric.  
• The lyric concept of the band is the war and his concomitants.  
• The Greeks invented the epic and lyric forms and used them skillfully.  
• In opera and musical theatre, the ingenue is usually sung by a lyric soprano.  
• Tragedy is the truest mimesis, followed by epic, comedy and lyric.