Accompaniment \Ac*com"pa*ni*ment\ (-ment), n. [F.
accompagnement.]
That which accompanies; something that attends as a
circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness
to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the
sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by
instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by
voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the
voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a
figured bass. --P. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accompaniment
n 1: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in
connection with another [syn: concomitant, co-occurrence]
2: a subordinate musical part; provides background for more
important parts [syn: musical accompaniment, backup, support]
3: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to
protect them [syn: escort]
WordNet (r) 2.0
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "accompaniment":
accession, accessory, accordance, addenda, addendum, additament,
addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant,
agreement, alliance, alto, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage,
appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, association, attachment,
augment, augmentation, baritone, bass, basso continuo,
basso ostinato, bassus, cahoots, canto, cantus, cantus figuratus,
cantus planus, co-working, coaction, coda, coetaneity,
coetaneousness, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coincidence,
collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination,
combined effort, complement, concert, concerted action,
concomitance, concomitant, concordance, concourse, concurrence,
confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, contemporaneity,
contemporaneousness, continuation, continuo, contralto,
cooperation, corollary, correspondence, descant, drone, extension,
extrapolation, figured bass, fixture, ground bass, increase,
increment, isochronism, junction, line, offshoot, parasitism, part,
pendant, plain chant, plain song, prick song, reinforcement,
saprophytism, side effect, side issue, simultaneity, soprano,
supplement, symbiosis, synchronism, synchronization, synergy,
tailpiece, tenor, thorough bass, treble, undergirding, undersong,
union, unison, united action, voice, voice part
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
backup, co-occurrence, concomitant, escort, musical accompaniment, support
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