Synonyms of the word

adagio

• n. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
• n. (music) A passage having this mark.
• n. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.
• adv. (music) Played rather slowly.
• adj. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

composition

• n. The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
• n. The general makeup of a thing or person.
• n. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities;…
• n. (obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.
• n. (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from…
• n. A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
• n. An essay.
• n. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
• n. A work of music, literature or art.
• n. (printing) Typesetting.
• n. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
• n. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
• n. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
• n. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

dance

• n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social…
• n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
• n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center…
• n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
• n. (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
• n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
• v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
• v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
• v. (transitive) To perform the steps to.
• v. (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

dancing

• n. The activity of taking part in a dance.
• n. (historical) A dance club in France.
• v. present participle of dance.

opus

• n. A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published…
• n. A work, especially of art.

passage

• n. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
• n. Part of a path or journey.
• n. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
• n. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
• n. A passageway or corridor.
• n. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
• n. (euphemistic) The vagina.
• n. The act of passing.
• v. (medicine) To pass a pathogen through a host or medium.
• v. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
• n. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic,…
• v. (intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement.

piece

• n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished…
• n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• n. An artillery gun.
• n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
• n. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its…
• n. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• n. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually…
• n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
• n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the…
• n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
• n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
• n. (US) A pacifier.
• n. (colloquial) A distance.
• v. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
• v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

saltation

• n. A leap, jump or dance.
• n. Beating or palpitation.
• n. (biology) A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation.
• n. Any abrupt transition.
• n. (geology, fluid mechanics) The transport of loose particles by a fluid (such as wind or flowing water).

slow

• adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding…
• adj. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
• adj. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
• adj. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
• adj. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
• adj. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
• adj. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
• v. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
• v. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
• n. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
• n. (music) A slow song.
• adv. Slowly.