counterpoint

1. 1.

   a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

   Broaderpolyphony

Other forms of counterpoint

plural

counterpoints·

past tense

counterpointed·

present participle

counterpointing·

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 counterpoint

What does counterpoint mean?

counterpoint means "to show differences when compared; be different". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in counterpoint?

counterpoint has 3 syllables: coun-ter-point. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊntɚˌpɔɪnt/.

What is another word for counterpoint?

Close synonyms include contrast. 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 counterpoint a common word?

counterpoint 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.

What rhymes with counterpoint?

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