accompaniment
[noun]
Synonyms:
- supplement, accessory, companion, complement
- backing music, backing

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Related Words: accessory, addition, supplement, aid, assistance, help, attendant, colleague, comrade, partner, corollary, equivalent

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ac‧com‧pa‧ni‧ment AC /əˈkʌmpənimənt/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] music that is played in the background at the same time as another instrument or singer that plays or sings the main tune
piano/orchestral/organ/guitar etc accompaniment
He plays folk music with guitar accompaniment.
to the accompaniment of something
A group of children danced around to the accompaniment of drums and piano.

2. [countable] something that is provided or used with something else:
White wine makes an excellent accompaniment to fish.

3. to the accompaniment of something while something else is happening or while another sound can be heard:
They were exercising to the accompaniment of cheerful music.

4. [countable] something that happens at the same time as another thing

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

accompaniment
noun
I. sth eaten/drunk with food
ADJ. delicious, good, ideal
VERB + ACCOMPANIMENT be, make
PREP. ~ for/to These wines also make a good accompaniment for vegetarian dishes.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

accompaniment
II. music played to go with singing, etc.
ADJ. instrumental, musical, orchestral | piano, string, etc.
VERB + ACCOMPANIMENT provide | compose, write
PREP. to the ~ of She sang to the accompaniment of guitars.
with an ~ I prefer to sing with an accompaniment.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

accompaniment
III. sth that happens at the same time
ADJ. essential, inevitable, necessary
PREP. to the ~ of The women's medical school opened in 1874, to the accompaniment of much ridicule of ‘lady doctors’.
with the ~ of the market, with its inevitable accompaniment of bustle and noise

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲