c and w

1. 1.

   a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments

   Synonymscountry musiccountry and western

   Broaderfolk music

   Narrowerbluegrasshillbilly musiczydeco

Questions about c and w

What does c and w mean?

c and w means "a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments".

What is another word for c and w?

Close synonyms include country music, country and western. 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 c and w a common word?

c and w 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.