Definition for Ballad:

• Simple song, esp. sentimental composition of several verses, each sung to same melody, with accompaniment merely subordinate; poem in short stanzas narrating popular story. Hence ballad-MONGER, balladry( 5), nn. [ middle English]

Synonyms for Ballad:

• n.

  •
  • cover,
  • love-song,
  • narrative poem,
  • alma mater,
  • Christmas Carol.
  •
  • cycle.
  •ballad (noun)
  • lay.
  •carol (noun)
  • christmas songs.
  •communication (noun)
  • ballad.
  •folklore (noun)
  • folk stories,
  • oral literatures.
  •poem (noun)
  • blank verses,
  • Sestine,
  • sestinas,
  • villanelles.
  •poetry (noun)
  • poetry,
  • rhyme,
  • Chanson,
  • canto,
  • jingle.
  •romance (noun)
  • tear jerkers,
  • tear-jerkers,
  • tearjerkers,
  • love stories,
  • tear jerker.
  •song (noun)
  • rock rolls,
  • rock roll.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • epigram,
  • free verse,
  • rime,
  • threnody,
  • dirge,
  • elegy,
  • lament,
  • signature tune,
  • calypso,
  • spiritual,
  • anthem,
  • ballade,
  • doggerel,
  • national anthem,
  • cover version,
  • chanty,
  • folk song,
  • nursery rhyme.
  •
  • standard.
  •
  • HIT.

Paraphrases for Ballad:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Foreign word
    ballade.
  • Proper noun, singular
    ballade.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ride.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    walk, romance.

Ballad Sentence Examples:

• But her nervousness was such that she broke down half - way in the little prelude to the ballad.

• You think like a ballad.

Homophones for Ballad:

• blattodea, bolide, blowout, blue-eyed, ballet, bail out, behold, blate, bald, bullet-headed, build, blattidae, bullet, bobfloat, bullethead, bawl out, blood heat, bloodied, blotto, blue-white, bell toad, blade, bloat, billet, belt out, bald-headed, bifoliate, bold, blueweed, bufflehead, bellied, billed, bleed, blitt, Belleau Wood, belly out, blooded, bloody, blotted out, belt, blue tit, blood, blot out, Blida, blat, belted, baldhead, baldy, blat out, bloated, bladed, bolti, bluehead, Bollywood, baffled, bullhead, boiled, ballota, ballade, bullheaded, blithe, belated, bolted, ballot, bletia, blow out, bullate, babble out, bleat, blt, bolt out, befouled, bullied, bolo tie, bolt, bolete, blot, bale out, balata, built, bola tie, blatta.

Hypernym for Ballad:

• n.

  • communication
    minstrelsy, edda.

Hyponym for Ballad:

• n.

  • communication
    song, poem, verse form, vocal.