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lyric
Synonyms and Antonyms of lyric
1
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
2
having qualities suggestive of poetry
metrical (or metric), rhyming (also riming), rhythmic (or rhythmical)
rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)
florid, flowery, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, ornate, purple
glamorized (also glamourized), idealized, romanticized
figurative, metaphoric (or metaphorical), symbolic (also symbolical)
lyric
Synonyms and Antonyms of lyric
1
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epode, epopee, epos, georgic, idyll (also idyl), jingle, lament, limerick, madrigal, ode, pastoral, pastorale, psalm, rondeau, rondel (or rondelle), rondelet, sonnet, triolet, villanelle
blank verse, free verse, minstrelsy, poesy, poetry, versification, vers libre
2
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
anthem, cantata, canticle, carol, chorale, hymn, noel, psalm, spiritual
dirge, lament, requiem, threnody
aria, art song, barcarole (or barcarolle), blues, chanson, chant, chantey (or chanty), chorus, croon, descant (also discant), folk song, glee, lullaby, madrigal, motet, part-song, pop, rocker, round, roundelay, serenade, standard
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