Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bongo
2 senses of bongo
Sense 1
bongo, bongo drum -- (a small drum; played with the hands)
=> drum, membranophone, tympan -- (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)
Sense 2
bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Boocercus eurycerus -- (large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns)
=> antelope -- (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)