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BALLAD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BALLAD?

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Need another word that means the same as “ballad”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “ballad” in this overview.

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Ballad as a Noun
Definitions of "Ballad" as a noun
Synonyms of "Ballad" as a noun (6 Words)
Associations of "Ballad" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Ballad” are: lay, song, folk song, shanty, ditty, canzone

Ballad as a Noun

Definitions of "Ballad" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ballad” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
A slow sentimental or romantic song.
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
A narrative poem of popular origin.

Synonyms of "Ballad" as a noun (6 Words)

canzone	An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.
ditty	A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung. A lovely little music hall ditty.
folk song	People in general (often used in the plural.
lay	The laying of eggs or the period during which they are laid. Roll the carpet against the lay* of the nap.*
shanty	A small, crudely built shack.
song	A musical composition suggestive of a song. With a shout and a song* they marched up to the gates.*

Associations of "Ballad" (30 Words)

acoustic	Of or relating to the science of acoustics. A sad gentle acoustic* ballad.*
cantata	A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
chord	Play chords on a stringed instrument. A G major chord.
chorus	A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. Strong guitar driven songs with big big choruses.
disco	Attend or dance at a disco. No one knows how to waltz so I ve ordered a disco.
ditty	A short, simple song. A lovely little music hall ditty.
diva	A self-important person who is temperamental and difficult to please (typically used of a woman. She is much more the dedicated maverick than the petulant diva.
ensemble	The coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage. We would have to adopt a picture in which there is an ensemble* of all possible universes with some probability distribution.*
euphony	Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. The poet put euphony* before mere factuality.*
guitar	A stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
jazz	Play or dance to jazz music. Don t give me any of that jazz.
lied	A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
lullaby	Sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep. She lullabied us, she fed us.
melody	Sweet music; tunefulness. We have the melody* and bass of a song composed by Strozzi.*
music	Music the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments or reproductions of such sounds. You have to face the music.
opera	A building for the performance of opera. It was the best performance of the opera* he had ever heard.*
performance	Process or manner of functioning or operating. The play ran for 100 performances.
piano	(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone. The piano* passages in the composition.*
pizzicato	Performed pizzicato. An inspired pizzicato* movement by the Philharmonic strings.*
playing	The act of playing a musical instrument.
pop	Heat popcorn or another foodstuff until it bursts open. Corks popped and glasses tinkled.
rendering	The action of giving or surrendering something. The rendering* of Church dues.*
rendition	A performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music. A wonderful rendition* of Nessun Dorma.*
sing	A meeting for amateur singing. Poetry should sing* the variety of the human race.*
singing	The act of singing vocal music. His singing* is rich toned.*
soloist	A musician or singer who performs a solo. He appears as a concerto soloist* with all the great British orchestras.*
song	A musical composition suggestive of a song. A pop song.
soprano	A female or boy singer with a soprano voice. A good soprano* voice.*
tremolo	A mechanism in an organ producing a tremolo effect.
tune	A melody, especially one that characterizes a particular piece of music. He tuned the harp for me.