Thesaurus:play music

Thesaurus

play music

English

Verb

Sense: to produce music

Synonyms

• cook    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
• jam
• play
• put on

Hyponyms

By style:

To play the style of the same name, unless otherwise stated.

• jazz
• rock
• rock and roll

By instrument:

To play the instrument of the same name, unless otherwise stated.

• bow
• drum
• fiddle
• fife
• flute
• guitar    [⇒ thesaurus] (rare)
• pipe
• tickle the ivories (idiomatic)
• violin
• xylophone
• zither

By method:

• backspin
• beatbox
• glee
• harmonize
• rag
• shred (slang)

Other:

• cook    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
• jukebox
• play by ear
• play out
• session
• strike up
• tune up

Further reading

• “416. musician” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “play music” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.