Synonyms for trumpet
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cornet — A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of…
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Definitions
- n. 1
A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
- n. 2
Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
Forms
- Plural
- trumpets → cornets, flugelhorns, bemes, horns…
Example sentences
- cornet Tom lifted his cornet and began to play a bright march.
- horn Gabor used a sharpened horn of a deer as a weapon.
- bugle Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trumpet | rising | |
| cornet | steady | |
| flugelhorn | steady | |
| beme | falling | |
| horn | steady | |
| bugle | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- horn1, beme
- 5 letters
- trump1, bugle2
- 6 letters
- cornet2
- 10 letters
- flugelhorn
- 11 letters
- fanfaronade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bugle2 = 2 syllables).