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

4 senses of samba

Sense 1
obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon -- (large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
samba -- (music composed for dancing the samba)
       => dance music -- (music to dance to)

Sense 3
samba -- (a lively ballroom dance from Brazil)
       => ballroom dancing, ballroom dance -- (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)

Sense 4
samba -- (a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers)
       => canasta, basket rummy, meld -- (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb samba

1 sense of samba

Sense 1
samba -- (dance the samba)
       => dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe -- (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio")