Bass

Adjective

 * 1) Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

Noun

 * 1) A low spectrum of sound tones.
 * 2) A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than tenor.
 * 3) A male singer who sings in the bass range.
 * 4) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
 * 5) The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

Noun

 * 1) The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

Adverbs for Bass
thunderingly; resonantly; deeply; breezily; boomingly; awfully; mightily; magnificently; toweringly; enormously; stupendously.

Thesaurus
accompaniment, alto, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass viol, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profundo, bassus, blues singer, bourdon, bow, bravura, bridge, bull fiddle, burden, canary, cantatrice, canto, cantor, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, caroler, cello, chanter, chantress, chest voice, choral, choric, coloratura, coloratura soprano, comic bass, continuo, contrabass, contralto, countertenor, crooner, crowd, deep, deep bass, deep-echoing, deep-pitched, deep-toned, deepmouthed, descant, diva, double bass, dramatic, dramatic soprano, drone, drone bass, falsetto, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, figured bass, fingerboard, grave, ground bass, head voice, heavy, heroic, heroic tenor, hollow, hymnal, hymner, improvisator, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, lead singer, lieder singer, line, liturgical, low, low-pitched, lyric, melodist, mezzo-soprano, opera singer, operatic, part, plain chant, plain song, prick song, prima donna, psalm singer, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, rock-and-roll singer, sacred, scroll, sepulchral, singer, singing, singstress, songbird, songster, songstress, soprano, soundboard, string, tenor, tenor violin, thorough bass, torch singer, treble, tuning peg, undersong, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, vocal, vocalist, vocalizer, voce, voce di petto, voce di testa, voice, voice part, warbler, yodeler

Etymology 1
basso:, from bassus:.

Etymology 2
From bas:, alteration of bars:, from  bærs:, from, from. Cognate with baars:,  Barsch:. More at.

Pronunciation

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Synonyms

 * basso
 * F clef

Coordinate terms

 * soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto ; countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass