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

1 sense of double bass

Sense 1
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)

Antonyms of adj double_bass

1 sense of double-bass

Sense 1
contrabass, double-bass -- (pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet")

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

Similarity of adj double_bass

1 sense of double-bass

Sense 1
contrabass, double-bass -- (pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet")
       => low (vs. high), low-pitched -- (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)