Banjo synonyms
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A small lutelike instrument with a typically pear-shaped body and a straight fretted neck, having usually four sets of paired strings tuned in unison or octaves.
balalaika
A Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and three strings that produces sounds similar to those of a mandolin.
banjo-uke
banjo-ukulele
A musical instrument related to the lute but having a flat back and usually six strings that are plucked or strummed with the fingers or a plectrum
mando-bass
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mando-cello
mandolute
(Music) A musical instrument similar to a larger than normal mandolin
mandore
Alternative spelling of mandor.
pandora
The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life.
pandura
(Music) An Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute.
samisen
Alternative form of shamisen.
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A stringed instrument of India having a seasoned gourd for a body and a hollow wooden neck with movable raised frets. Stretched over the frets are usually 6 or 7 metal strings on which the melody is played with a pick, and stretched under the frets are 11 or more sympathetic resonating strings.
tamboura
Alternative spelling of tambura.
A large 17th-cent. lute with a double neck and two sets of strings
harmonica (related)
bass-guitar (related)
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steel-guitar (related)
double-bass (related)
5-string (related)
saxophone (related)
accordion (related)
melodeon (related)
sax (related)
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fretless (related)
mouth-organ (related)
bass (related)
five-string (related)
bodhran (related)
Find another word for banjo. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for banjo, like: mandolin, archlute, balalaika, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, guitar, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolute and mandore.
