bass viol

Questions about bass viol

What does bass viol mean?

bass viol means "viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bass viol?

Close synonyms include viola da gamba, gamba, bass fiddle, bull fiddle, double bass. 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 viol a common word?

bass viol is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.