accompaniment
accompaniment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accessory
- accompany
- accrue
- add
- addition
- adjection
- adjunct
- advene
- affix
- along
- and
- annex
- annexation
- append
- appendage
- appurtenance
- arm
- associate
- associated
- association
- attend
- attendant
- attribute
- augment
- bear
- become
- boat
- body
- bring
- cheek
- clap
- coefficiency
- coefficient
- coexist
- coexistence
- colleague
- collectively
- comes
- companion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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