counterpoint
counterpoint is a 12-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An opposite point. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An opposite point
- noun. The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody
- noun. The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.
- noun. Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
- noun. A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
- noun. a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- verb. write in counterpoint
"Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
- verb. to show differences when compared; be different
"the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
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Common word forms
counterpoints, counterpointed, counterpointing
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