'Ballad' definitions:
Definition of 'ballad'
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Definition of 'Ballad'
From: GCIDE
- Ballad \Bal"lad\, n. [OE. balade, OF. balade, F. ballade, fr. Pr. ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d Ball, n., and Ballet.] A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ballad'
From: GCIDE
- Ballad \Bal"lad\, v. i. To make or sing ballads. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ballad'
From: GCIDE
- Ballad \Bal"lad\, v. t. To make mention of in ballads. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ballad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alba,
- anacreontic,
- anthem,
- art song,
- aubade,
- balada,
- ballade,
- ballata,
- barcarole,
- blues,
- blues song,
- boat song,
- Brautlied,
- bridal hymn,
- brindisi,
- bucolic,
- calypso,
- canso,
- canticle,
- canzone,
- canzonet,
- canzonetta,
- carol,
- cavatina,
- chanson,
- chant,
- chantey,
- Christmas carol,
- clerihew,
- croon,
- croon song,
- dirge,
- dithyramb,
- ditty,
- drinking song,
- eclogue,
- elegy,
- English sonnet,
- epic,
- epigram,
- epithalamium,
- epode,
- epopee,
- epopoeia,
- epos,
- folk song,
- georgic,
- ghazel,
- haiku,
- hit,
- hit tune,
- Horatian ode,
- hymeneal,
- idyll,
- Italian sonnet,
- jingle,
- Kunstlied,
- lay,
- Liebeslied,
- lied,
- light music,
- lilt,
- limerick,
- love song,
- love-lilt,
- lyric,
- madrigal,
- matin,
- minstrel song,
- minstrelsy,
- monody,
- narrative poem,
- national anthem,
- nursery rhyme,
- ode,
- palinode,
- pastoral,
- pastoral elegy,
- pastorela,
- pastourelle,
- Petrarchan sonnet,
- Pindaric ode,
- poem,
- pop,
- pop music,
- popular music,
- popular song,
- prothalamium,
- rhyme,
- rondeau,
- rondel,
- roundel,
- roundelay,
- Sapphic ode,
- satire,
- serena,
- serenade,
- serenata,
- sestina,
- Shakespearean sonnet,
- sloka,
- song,
- song hit,
- sonnet,
- sonnet sequence,
- tanka,
- tenso,
- tenzone,
- theme song,
- threnody,
- torch song,
- triolet,
- troubadour poem,
- verse,
- verselet,
- versicle,
- villanelle,
- virelay,
- Volkslied,
- war song,
- wedding song