Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "guitar" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

band case concert guitaroo man music room rock band store toy store

Capable Of

work of art

Causes

vibration

Causes Desire

play

Derived Terms

Baroque guitar Hawaiian guitar Portuguese guitar Russian guitar Schrammel guitar Selmer guitar Spanish guitar acoustic guitar air guitar armónico guitar banjitar baritone guitar bass guitar bottleneck guitar bowed guitar cigar box guitar cigar-box guitar classical guitar clitar console steel guitar contraguitar eight-string guitar electric guitar flamenco guitar four-string guitar guitalele guitalin guitar cello guitar fiddle guitar hero guitar pick guitar pop guitar string guitar-cello guitar-player guitarfish guitarist guitaristic guitarless guitarlike guitarmony guitarscape guitarwork guitary guitjo harp guitar harp-guitar keytar lap steel guitar lead guitar lutar lute guitar lute-guitar lyre-guitar moon guitar nylon-string guitar palm wine guitar parlor guitar parlour guitar pedal steel guitar resonator guitar rhythm guitar romantic guitar seven-string guitar slide guitar steel guitar steel string guitar steel-string guitar sympitar table steel guitar tenor guitar twelve-stringed guitar

Etymologically Related To

zither

Has Part

6 strings six strings strings

Context

musical instrument

Has Property

difficult to play one kind of stringed instrument

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chordophone musical instrument stringed instrument

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

acoustic guitar bass guitar electric guitar

Type Of (IsA)

chordophone easier to play than violin instrument instrument of music lute most common musical instrument string instrument stringed instrument very common musical instrument

Made Of

strings wood

Parts (Meronyms)

bridge fret fretboard headstock neck nut peghead pickguard scratchplate string truss rod

Related Terms

capo capotasto pick plectrum

Related Terms

fretted guitarist lute musical instrument neck play plectrum sound sound box soundboard string

Synonym Network

axe gat

Used For

hit friends make music making music music performing music play and sing to others play song playing chords playing in band playing song singing along with singing campfire songs singing with sound teach tuning vibrating air

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