bass

1. 1.

   having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

   “a deep voice”

   “a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice”

   “a bass clarinet”

   Synonymsdeep

   Similarlow

Other forms of bass

plural

basses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bass

What does bass mean?

bass means "the lowest part of the musical range". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bass?

bass has 1 syllable: bass. In IPA it is /ˈbæs/.

What is another word for bass?

Close synonyms include bass part, basso, sea bass, freshwater bass, bass voice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bass a common word?

bass is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bass?

1 word rhymes with bass. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.