Bass

//beɪs//

Synonyms for "bass" (161 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (48)

Related words (80)

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Translations

198 translations across 55 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • levrek noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • λάβραξ noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Arabic

1 entries
  • غيتار البيس noun (musical instrument)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պերկես noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Belarusian

2 entries
  • аку́нь noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • во́кунь noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • басов adj (low in pitch)
  • бас noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • бас noun (section of musical group)
  • бас noun (singer)

Catalan

3 entries
  • baix adj (low in pitch)
  • baix noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • llobarro noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏃᎦ noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 低音 noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • 低音 noun (singer)
  • 男低音 noun (singer)
  • 貝斯 /贝斯 noun (musical instrument)

Cornish

1 entries
  • yown noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Crimean Tatar

4 entries
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (section of musical group)
  • bas noun (singer)
  • bas noun (musical instrument)

Czech

1 entries
  • basa noun (musical instrument)

Dutch

4 entries
  • baars noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (section of musical group)
  • bas noun (singer)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • basa adj (low in pitch)
  • baso noun (low spectrum of sound)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bassur noun (musical instrument)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ala adj (low in pitch)
  • matala adj (low in pitch)
  • ahvenkala noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • bassi noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

French

4 entries
  • bas adj (low in pitch)
  • grave adj (low in pitch)
  • achigan noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • bar noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Galician

2 entries
  • baixo adj (low in pitch)
  • grave adj (low in pitch)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბანი noun (singer)

German

4 entries
  • bass adj (low in pitch)
  • Barsch noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • Bass noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • Bass noun (section of musical group)

Greek

4 entries
  • ήχος χαμηλής κλίμακας adj (low in pitch)
  • μπάσος adj (low in pitch)
  • βαρύτονος noun (singer)
  • μπάσα noun (low spectrum of sound)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • leo uō adj (low in pitch)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • basszus adj (low in pitch)
  • basszus noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • basszus noun (section of musical group)
  • basszus noun (singer)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bassagítar noun (musical instrument)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kakap noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Italian

4 entries
  • basso adj (low in pitch)
  • basso noun (singer)
  • basso noun (musical instrument)
  • branzino noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Japanese

4 entries
  • バス adj (low in pitch)
  • ベース adj (low in pitch)
  • バス noun (singer)
  • ベース noun (low spectrum of sound)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • алабұға noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tūmtûm adj (low in pitch)

Korean

4 entries
  • 남성저음 noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • 베이스 noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • 베이스 noun (section of musical group)
  • 베이스 noun (musical instrument)

Latin

2 entries
  • bassus adj (low in pitch)
  • perca noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Latvian

1 entries
  • asaris noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ešerys noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • wokuń noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • wótšawa noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Māori

4 entries
  • nguru adj (low in pitch)
  • moeone noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • ngutoro noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • reo nguru noun (low spectrum of sound)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bass noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Persian

3 entries
  • باس noun (section of musical group)
  • خارماهی noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • گیتار بیس noun (musical instrument)

Polish

4 entries
  • basowy adj (low in pitch)
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (section of musical group)
  • bas noun (singer)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • baixo adj (low in pitch)
  • grave adj (low in pitch)
  • achigã noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • baixo noun (low spectrum of sound)

Romanian

1 entries
  • biban noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́совый adj (low in pitch)
  • ба́совый ключ noun (clef sign)
  • бас noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • бас noun (section of musical group)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • basan noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • beus noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • beus noun (musical instrument)
  • creagag-uisge noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • grgeč noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • гргеч noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Slovak

1 entries
  • okúň noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Slovene

4 entries
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (section of musical group)
  • bas noun (singer)
  • bas noun (musical instrument)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bajo adj (low in pitch)
  • bajo noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bajo noun (singer)
  • bajo noun (musical instrument)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bas adj (low in pitch)
  • abborre noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (singer)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • malagong adj (low in pitch)
  • lagong noun (section of musical group)

Thai

1 entries
  • กีตาร์เบส noun (musical instrument)

Turkish

2 entries
  • bas adj (low in pitch)
  • levrek noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • бас noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • о́кунь noun (the perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of ''Perciformes'')

Urdu

1 entries
  • ڈھولک adj (low in pitch)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ghi-ta bass noun (musical instrument)

Welsh

4 entries
  • bas adj (low in pitch)
  • bas noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • bas noun (section of musical group)
  • bas noun (singer)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • באַס noun (low spectrum of sound)
  • באַס noun (singer)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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George was describing a 30 pound bass he'd caught recently after fighting it for three hours.

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She likes that bass.

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If you've got time to play around on an acoustic guitar, practice your bass!

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You're mistaken. He plays bass, not trombone.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.