George was describing a 30 pound bass he'd caught recently after fighting it for three hours.
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Bass
/beɪs/
Synonyms for "bass" (169 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Noun(7 words)
Strong matches (51)
cantus figuratuscantus planuscarolercellochanterchantresschest voicechoralchoriccoloraturacoloratura sopranocomic basscontinuocontrabasscontraltocountertenorcremonacroonercrowdd string
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deepdeep bassdeep-echoingdeep-pitcheddeep-toneddeepmoutheddescantdivadouble bassdramaticdramatic sopranodronedrone basse stringebonyfalsettofiddlefiddlebowfiddlestickfigured bassfingerboardfishg stringgraveground basshead voiceheavy
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (84)
heldentenorheroicheroic tenorhollowhymnalhymnerimprovisatorkitkit fiddlekit violinlead singerlieder singerlineliturgicliturgicallowlow-pitchedlyriclyricalmeistersinger
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melodistmezzo sopranomezzo-sopranooakopera singeroperaticpartplain chantplain songprick songprima donnapsalm singerpsalmicpsalmodialpsalmodicrock-and-roll singersacredscrollsepulchralsingersingingsingstresssongbirdsongstersongstresssopranosoundboardstradstradivaristradivariusstringtenortenor violinthorough basstorch singertrebletuning pegundersongviolaviolinviolinettevioloncellovioloncello piccolovioloneviolottavocalvocalistvocalizervocevoce di pettovoce di testavoicevoice partwarblerwoodyodeler
Noun(8 words)
Related word relations
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More general
25 entriesaquatic animalfishfrequency rangefreshwater fishinstrumentmusical instrumentmusical registerpartpercoidpercoid fishpercoideanpitchsaltwater fishsingersinging voicesound
Showing 16 of 25 words.
More specific
13 entriesbass guitarbass linebass notebass tonebass voicebass-baritonedouble basselectric basslargemouth basssmallmouth bassstriped bassupright basswhite bass
Collocations
9 entriesbass amplifierbass clefbass drumbass frequencybass guitarbass linebass notebass playerbass range
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غيتار البيس noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бас noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 貝斯 /贝斯 noun (musical instrument)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- basa noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
2 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
- basgitaar noun (musical instrument)
Faroese
1 entries- bassur noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
1 entries- basso noun (musical instrument)
French
1 entries- basse noun (musical instrument)
German
2 entries- Bass noun (musical instrument)
- Baß noun (musical instrument)
Greek
1 entries- μπάσο noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- basszusgitár noun (musical instrument)
Icelandic
1 entries- bassagítar noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- basso noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
1 entries- ベース noun (musical instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 베이스 noun (musical instrument)
Persian
1 entries- گیتار بیس noun (musical instrument)
Polish
1 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- baixo noun (musical instrument)
Russian
1 entries- бас noun (musical instrument)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- beus noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
1 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- bajo noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
2 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
- basgitarr noun (musical instrument)
Thai
1 entries- กีตาร์เบส noun (musical instrument)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ghi-ta bass noun (musical instrument)
Welsh
1 entries- bas noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
She likes that bass.
Source: tatoeba (309902)
If you've got time to play around on an acoustic guitar, practice your bass!
Source: tatoeba (326810)
You're mistaken. He plays bass, not trombone.
Source: tatoeba (703334)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.