viola da gamba

Questions about viola da gamba

What is another word for viola da gamba?

It depends which viola da gamba you mean. In the sense “viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello”, the synonyms are gamba, bass viol. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of viola da gamba?

WordNet records no antonym for viola da gamba. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for viola da gamba come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of viola da gamba

• Full entry for viola da gambaAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for viola da gambaWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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