Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bass

8 senses of bass

Sense 1
bass -- (the lowest part of the musical range)
       => pitch -- (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)

Sense 2
bass, bass part -- (the lowest part in polyphonic music)
       => part, voice -- (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part")

Sense 3
bass, basso -- (an adult male singer with the lowest voice)
       => singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser -- (a person who sings)

Sense 4
sea bass, bass -- (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae)
       => saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 5
freshwater bass, bass -- (any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus))
       => freshwater fish -- (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Sense 6
bass, bass voice, basso -- (the lowest adult male singing voice)
       => singing voice -- (the musical quality of the voice while singing)

Sense 7
bass -- (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)
       => musical instrument, instrument -- (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)

Sense 8
bass -- (nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes)
       => percoid fish, percoid, percoidean -- (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Antonyms of adj bass

1 sense of bass

Sense 1
bass, deep -- (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet")

INDIRECT (VIA low) -> high, high-pitched -- (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)

Similarity of adj bass

1 sense of bass

Sense 1
bass, deep -- (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet")
       => low (vs. high), low-pitched -- (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)

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