chord

1. 1.

   play chords on (a stringed instrument)

   Broaderplay

   music

2. 2.

   bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

   Synonymsharmonizeharmonise

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerkey

   music

Other forms of chord

plural

chords·

past tense

chorded·

present participle

chording·

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 chord

What does chord mean?

chord means "a straight line connecting two points on a curve". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chord?

chord has 1 syllable: chord. In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹd/.

What is another word for chord?

Close synonyms include harmonize, harmonise. 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 chord a common word?

chord is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 chord?

8 words rhyme with chord. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.