song-like, resembling a song in form and quality; creating lyric poetry; expressive, characterized by the expression of thoughts and sentiments; written to be sung; of a lyre; exuberant, animated, rhapsodic, full of enthusiasm
poem having the form and musical quality of a song; words of a song
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Lyric Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The words of a song.
The words of a song.
(n.)
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(n.)
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
(n.)
A composer of lyric poems.
A composer of lyric poems.
(a.)
Alt. of Lyrical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Lyrical
lyric
\lyr"ic\ (?), lyrical \lyr"ic*al\ (?), ] a. [l. lyricus, gr. &?;: cf. f. lyrique. see lyre.]
1. of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2. fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. "sweet lyric song."
lyric
\lyr"ic\, n. 1. a lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2. a composer of lyric poems. [r.]
3. a verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
lyric
adj
1. expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyrical]
2. (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic]
3. (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
4. (poetry) "lyric poetry" n 1: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" [syn: words, language]
2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric poem]
v : write lyrics for (a song)
similar words(2)
love lyric
lyric poem
Fitted for expression in song.
Noun
1. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
(synonym) words, language
(hypernym) text, textual matter
(hyponym) love lyric
(part-holonym) song
2. a short poem of songlike quality
(synonym) lyric poem
(hypernym) poem, verse form
(hyponym) ode
(part-meronym) strophe
Verb
1. write lyrics for (a song)
(hypernym) write, compose, pen, indite
(hyponym) relyric
(derivation) words, language
(classification) poetry, poesy, verse
Adjective
1. expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"
(synonym) lyrical
(similar) emotional
2. used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"
(antonym) dramatic
(classification) music
3. relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
(pertainym) opera
(classification) music
4. of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
(pertainym) lyric poem
(classification) poetry, poesy, verse
Lyric Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lyric may refer to:
- Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view
- Lyric, from the Greek language, a song sung with a lyre
- Lyrics, the composition in verse which is sung to a melody to constitute a song
- Lyric describes, in the classification of the human voice in European classical music, a specific vocal weight and a range at the upper end of the given voice part
- Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Lyric Theatre, London
- RTÉ lyric fm, a Raidió Teilifís Éireann radio station
- "Lyric", a single released in June 2003 by the "indie supergroup" Zwan
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Lyric Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
