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GLOCKENSPIELS Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word glockenspiels. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For GLOCKENSPIELS

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percussion
nounn
noun

• the act of playing a percussion instrument

• the act of exploding a percussion cap

• the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments

• tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

timpani
nounn
noun

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

bells
nounn
noun

• a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

• a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

• the sound of a bell being struck

• United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

• (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

• the shape of a bell

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• the flared opening of a tubular device

verb

• attach a bell to

cymbals
nounn
noun

• a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

drums
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

verb

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

marimbas
nounn
noun

• a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

triangles
nounn
noun

• a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries

• a three-sided polygon

• something approximating the shape of a triangle

• any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles

• a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

vibraphones
nounn
noun

• a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

xylophones
nounn
noun

• a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

Alternatives for PERCUSSION

Alternatives for TIMPANI

Alternatives for BELLS

Alternatives for DRUMS

Alternatives for MARIMBAS

Alternatives for TRIANGLES

Alternatives for VIBRAPHONES

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