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

2 senses of cither

Sense 1
zither, cither, zithern -- (a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers)
       => stringed instrument -- (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)

Sense 2
cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern -- (a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings)
       => guitar -- (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)