Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "band" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

act artist drums guitar guitar drums orchestra solo solo act solo artist

Typical Location

friend's wedding show theater wedding

Capable Of

begin on downbeat blaring hold concert include drummer play music record album sing to audience

Dbpedia Genre

country rock folk rock

Derived Terms

A band Alexander's band Alexander's dark band Alice band Euroband First Nation band IT band Indian band K band Ka-band Ku-band Lüders band Mach band Mobius band Moebius band Möbius band Vento band absorption band airband awareness band backband backing band bag and band baller band band camp band chief band cup band government band kid band plan band printer band rotunda band saw band skyphos band spectrum band structure band tee band together band-aid band-aid solution band-pass band-saw band-stop band-tailed antshrike band-tailed manakin bander bandfic bandfish bandgap bandhead bandhood bandleader bandleading bandless bandlike bandlimited bandlimiting bandmaster bandmate bandmember bandmixing bandog bandsaw bandshape bandshell bandslash bandsman bandspread bandstand bandstrated bandstration bandstrength bandstring bandstructure bandwagon bandwidth bandwing bandwork bantling baseband belly band belly-band bellyband big band black band disease blackband boy band brass band breastband broadband browband chest band chinband citizens' band citizens' band radio concert band conduction band cover band crossband cuffband currency band cytoband cytogenetic band dance band darwaza band dendroband deskband driving band dual-band endband foo-foo band footband freebander freebanding garage band gastric band geoband germband get the band back together ghost band girl band glam band go band for band greaseband green band guard band gumband hair band hairband haircut band hatband hayband head band headband heteroband hot band house band hyperband iliotibial band iliotibial band friction syndrome iliotibial band syndrome imband immunoband in-band signaling in-band signalling interband intraband iron band jam band jazz band jug band knee-band kneeband lacky band lap band loom band macroband marching band megaband mesoband microband midband mini band miniband moderator band monoband moorband multiband narrowband neckband noseband oligoclonal band one-man band one-woman band onychodermal band orthodontic band out-of-band out-of-band signaling passband payband pentaband pipe band platband powerband quadband quadriband rainband reband red band reef-band resistance band ribband ridgeband ridged band rock band rockband ropeband rubber band airplane rubber-band s-band sand band scatter band school band scramble band scratchband session band shag band showband sideband silver band skeletal eroding band spaceband spasm band steel band steelband stopband string band subband superband sweatband sweet band tailband throatband timeband to beat the band tri-band triband tribute band valence band voiceband waistband warband watchband waveband wheelband wideband wind band witherband wrist band wristband x-band

Desires

get signed to label

Distinct From

alone orchestra

Etymologically Related To

bend bind bond

Inflected/Variant Forms

bind

Has Part

rehearsal to practice playing music trumpets

Context

american english anatomy anthropology architecture band of thieves canada hiphop medicine ornithology physics sciences slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adornment attach bar belt bind constraint jewellery jewelry loop musical group musical organisation musical organization range restraint slip social group streak strip stripe tie tissue

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

cam band elastic band gum band hairband lacquer band rubber band shadow band smart band stretch band wedding band

Type Of (IsA)

adornment belt entertainment organization group of people who play music loop musical group musical organization organization organization of musicians organization of people range restraint strip stripe

Manner Of

tie

Part Of

garment

Related Terms

Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Benjamin E[li] Smith N.Y.: The Century Co. New York William Dwight Whitney editors (1911) in in . →OCLC

Related Terms

about about music also also marching also stripes belt binding bond chromatography circle club collar collection concert concerts confederate cool dancing drum drummer drummer guitarist drums elastic elastic strip electrophoresis energy ensemble entertainment entity establishment fastener four four members four people gathering ground ground musicians group group music group musical group musicians group of group people groupie grouping groups guitar guitar drum guitar drums guitar player guitar players guitarist guitarist singer guitars has has instruments high high school holding holding mechanism instrument instrument collection instrument group instrument members instruments instruments singers item janissary jewelry jewelry circle labels lead lead singer level line linen losers loud machine maker makers makes makes music making making music many instruments many members many musicians marching marching band marching ensemble marching entity marching group marching members marching music marching musical marching orchestra marching players mechanism members money music music ensemble music establishment music group music maker music makers music making music members music played music player music players music related music team musical musical gathering musical group musical instruments musical members musician musician group musician grouping musician members musicians musicians group musicians instruments myofibril nirvana orchestra organization parade parades people people group people instruments people playing play play music played player players players instruments playing playing music plays plays music power curve radio ray recording artist related ring rings rock rock concert rock group rock groups rock members rock music rock musicians rock roll rock star rockers rocking roguelike roll rolling rolling stones rubber rubber fastener rubber musical rubber rings ruff school school musicians school parade several several musicians singer singers singers musicians singing singing dancing small small orchestra solid state spectrum stadium stage star stones strap strip stripes team tie tool type type of wedding wedding band wedding ring wrist

Similar Terms

hacklike

Synonym Network

dance band isthmus ring set

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