'Syncopation' definitions:
Definition of 'syncopation'
From: WordNet
noun
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope, syncopation]
noun
A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
noun
Music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
Definition of 'Syncopation'
From: GCIDE
- Syncopation \Syn`co*pa"tion\, n.
- 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'syncopation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid rock,
- andante tempo,
- avant-garde jazz,
- ballroom music,
- beat,
- bebop,
- boogie-woogie,
- bop,
- compound time,
- country rock,
- dance music,
- dances,
- duple time,
- folk rock,
- hard rock,
- hot jazz,
- jazz,
- jive,
- largo,
- mainstream jazz,
- march tempo,
- mixed times,
- musical suite,
- presto,
- rag,
- ragtime,
- rhythm-and-blues,
- rock,
- rock-and-roll,
- rubato,
- sextuple time,
- simple time,
- suite,
- suite of dances,
- swing,
- syncopated music,
- syncope,
- tempo,
- tempo rubato,
- the new music,
- three-quarter time,
- time,
- time pattern,
- timing,
- triple time,
- triplet,
- two-four time,
- waltz time