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

1 sense of lyre

Sense 1
lyre -- (a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment)
       => harp -- (a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers)