'OPERA' definitions:
Definition of 'opera'
(from WordNet)
noun
A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
noun
A commercial browser
noun
A building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera, opera house]
Synonyms of 'opera'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphitheater,
- antimasque,
- arena theater,
- arrangement,
- artifact,
- audience success,
- auditorium,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- bomb,
- brainchild,
- broadcast drama,
- Broadway musical,
- burlesque show,
- cabaret,
- charade,
- child,
- chorus show,
- circle theater,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- club,
- coinage,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy drama,
- comic opera,
- composition,
- concert hall,
- concoction,
- copy,
- creation,
- creature,
- critical success,
- crowning achievement,
- dance drama,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- distillation,
- documentary drama,
- draft,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- edition,
- effect,
- Elizabethan theater,
- end product,
- epic theater,
- essence,
- experimental theater,
- extract,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- fruit,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- Globe Theatre,
- Grand Guignol,
- grand opera,
- Greek theater,
- hall,
- handiwork,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- house,
- hymnal,
- hymnbook,
- improvisational drama,
- instrumental score,
- invention,
- issue,
- legitimate drama,
- libretto,
- light opera,
- little theater,
- lute tablature,
- lyric drama,
- manufacture,
- masque,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- melodrama,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- mintage,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music,
- music drama,
- music hall,
- music paper,
- music roll,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- musical notation,
- musical revue,
- musical score,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- new mintage,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- notation,
- offspring,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- opera house,
- opera score,
- operetta,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- orchestral score,
- origination,
- outcome,
- outdoor theater,
- outgrowth,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- part,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piano score,
- piece,
- play,
- playhouse,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- product,
- production,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- result,
- review,
- revue,
- score,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- sheet music,
- short score,
- show,
- showboat,
- Singspiel,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play,
- songbook,
- songster,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tablature,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- text,
- theater,
- theater of cruelty,
- theater-in-the-round,
- theatron,
- Tom show,
- total theater,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- version,
- vocal score,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- written music
Acronyms for 'opera'
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