LYRIC Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

lyric 1 of 2

noun

ˈlir-ik

Definition of lyric

as in poem

a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect would you care to read your short lyric aloud?

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as in ballad

a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment the guitarist sang a gentle lyric while playing

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lyric

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adjective

as in lyrical

having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music they performed a slow, lyric dance for the audience

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as in poetic

having qualities suggestive of poetry the film's lyric photography really enhanced its romantic mood

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Noun

Ross’ music eschews the cathartic function of a lot of classic heartland rock, maybe because his lyric-writing is fairly literary and terse. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2026 On paper, the lyrics read as borderline-angry in spots, but Parton doesn’t sing it that way. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026

Adjective

In the Nightbird studio, lyric sheets are distributed for seven songs selected for tonight’s HADES preview, and now Melanie steps into the doorway to welcome us to her new world. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026 The song was paired with a lyric video that reuses two-decade-old footage shot by collaborator Cliff Watts, who also photographed Beyoncé’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for lyric

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Noun

Director Ivan Uryvskyi is candid about how the play recasts the ancient poem’s themes of return and those trapped in exile and captivity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
In another poem, Martial suggests that a writer seeking fame should copy his works on the toilet walls for all to read.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of poem

Adjective

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Angus Young has repeated in interviews over the years that all this imagery and lyrical content about hell and the devil was pure tongue-in-cheek theatrics and nothing more.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lyrical

Adjective

Basho’s famous poetic travelogue, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is considered one of the great works of Japanese literature and inspired the walk.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Sisterhood and Community are recurring motifs throughout her work, which aim to be both poetic and politically.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of poetic

Noun

Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
The song, famously written by Parton as an emotional farewell to her mentor Porter Wagoner and his show, topped the country chart in 1974.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of song

Noun

The scholar of religion Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) noticed that many Vedic hymns praise different deities using the same superlatives and ascribe to them the same mythological feats.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Avie Lee filled the family's two-room home with music by singing hymns, folk songs and traditional mountain music.

— Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hymn

Adjective

Its core 1970s grinding yet melodic bluesy approach didn’t shift when synthesizers became the rage in the 1980s or when grunge overtook the rock world in the 1990s.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Bully’s amalgam of punk, grunge and melodic alt sounds has earned it a national following over the course of the past ten years.

— John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of melodic

Adjective

There are ones who are more ideological, others more poetical.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.

— Peter A. Berry, Variety, 11 July 2025

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