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

2 senses of bass viol

Sense 1
viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol -- (viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello)
       => viol -- (any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family)

Sense 2
bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass -- (largest and lowest member of the violin family)
       => bowed stringed instrument, string -- (stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well")
       => bass -- (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)