'Lyric' definitions:
Definition of 'lyric'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyric, lyrical]
adjective
Used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic]
adjective
Relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
adjective
Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
noun
The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" [syn: lyric, words, language]
noun
A short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric, lyric poem]
verb
Write lyrics for (a song)
Definition of 'Lyric'
From: GCIDE
- Lyric \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf. F. lyrique. See Lyre.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance. "Sweet lyric song." --Milton.
- Syn: lyric. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Lyric'
From: GCIDE
- Lyric \Lyr"ic\, n.
- 1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. The words of a song. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'lyric'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alba,
- anacreontic,
- balada,
- ballad,
- ballade,
- book,
- bucolic,
- canso,
- chanson,
- clerihew,
- dirge,
- dithyramb,
- dulcet,
- eclogue,
- elegy,
- English sonnet,
- epic,
- epigram,
- epithalamium,
- epode,
- epopee,
- epopoeia,
- epos,
- georgic,
- ghazel,
- graceful,
- haiku,
- Horatian ode,
- idiosyncratic,
- idyll,
- individual,
- Italian sonnet,
- jingle,
- libretto,
- light,
- limerick,
- lyrical,
- lyrics,
- madrigal,
- mellifluous,
- mellow,
- melodic,
- melodious,
- monody,
- musical,
- narrative poem,
- nursery rhyme,
- ode,
- palinode,
- pastoral,
- pastoral elegy,
- pastorela,
- pastourelle,
- personal,
- Petrarchan sonnet,
- Pindaric ode,
- poem,
- prothalamium,
- rhapsodic,
- rhyme,
- rondeau,
- rondel,
- roundel,
- roundelay,
- Sapphic ode,
- satire,
- sentimental,
- sestina,
- Shakespearean sonnet,
- silvery,
- sloka,
- song,
- sonnet,
- sonnet sequence,
- subjective,
- sweet,
- tanka,
- tenso,
- tenzone,
- threnody,
- triolet,
- troubadour poem,
- verse,
- verselet,
- versicle,
- villanelle,
- virelay,
- words