A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.
synonyms: berceuse, cradlesong.
Roget 597:
poetry,
poetics,
poesy,
Muse,
Calliope,
tuneful Nine,
Parnassus,
Helicon†,
Pierides,
Pierian spring.
versification,
rhyming,
making verses;
prosody,
orthometry†.
poem;
epic,
epic poem;
epopee†,
epopoea,
ode,
epode†,
idyl,
lyric,
eclogue,
pastoral,
bucolic,
dithyramb,
anacreontic†,
sonnet,
roundelay,
rondeau [Fr.],
rondo,
madrigal,
canzonet†,
cento†,
monody [Slang],
elegy;
amoebaeum,
ghazal†,
palinode.
dramatic poetry,
lyric poetry;
opera;
posy,
anthology;
disjecta membra poetae song [Lat.],
ballad,
lay;
love song,
drinking song,
war song,
sea song;
lullaby;
music
etc.
415;
nursery rhymes.
[Bad poetry]
doggerel,
Hudibrastic verse†,
prose run mad;
macaronics†;
macaronic verse†,
leonine verse;
runes.
canto,
stanza,
distich,
verse,
line,
couplet,
triplet,
quatrain;
strophe,
antistrophe†.
verse,
rhyme,
assonance,
crambo†,
meter,
measure,
foot,
numbers,
strain,
rhythm;
accentuation
etc.
(voice)
580;
dactyl,
spondee,
trochee,
anapest
&c.;
hexameter,
pentameter;
Alexandrine;
anacrusis†,
antispast†,
blank verse,
ictus.
elegiacs
etc.
adj.;
elegiac verse,
elegaic meter,
elegaic poetry.
poet,
poet laureate;
laureate;
bard,
lyrist†,
scald,
skald†,
troubadour,
trouvere [Fr.];
minstrel;
minnesinger,
meistersinger [G.];
improvisatore†;
versifier,
sonneteer;
rhymer,
rhymist†,
rhymester;
ballad monger,
runer†;
poetaster;
genus irritabile vatum [Lat.].
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Roget 683:
inactivity;
inaction
etc.
681;
inertness
etc.
172;
obstinacy
etc.
606.
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
quiescence
etc.
265;
rust,
rustiness.
idleness,
remissness
etc.
adj.;
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence†;
dawdling
etc.
v..
ergophobia†,
otiosity†.
dullness
etc.
adj.;
languor;
segnity†,
segnitude†;
lentor†;
sluggishness
etc.
(slowness)
275;
procrastination
etc.
(delay)
133;
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence†;
stupor
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
somnolence;
drowsiness
etc.
adj.;
nodding
etc.
v.;
oscitation†,
oscitancy†;
pandiculation†,
hypnotism,
lethargy;
statuvolence heaviness†,
heavy eyelids.
sleep,
slumber;
sound sleep,
heavy sleep,
balmy sleep;
Morpheus;
Somnus;
coma,
trance,
ecstasis†,
dream,
hibernation,
nap,
doze,
snooze,
siesta,
wink of sleep,
forty winks,
snore;
hypnology†.
dull work;
pottering;
relaxation
etc.
(loosening)
47;
Castle of Indolence.
[Cause of inactivity]
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic,
sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic,
general anaesthetic
etc.
174;
torpedo.
[person who is inactive]
idler,
drone,
droil†,
dawdle,
mopus†;
do-little faineant [Fr.],
dummy,
sleeping partner;
afternoon farmer;
truant
etc.
(runaway)
623;
bummer†,
loafer,
goldbrick,
goldbicker,
lounger,
lazzarone [It];
lubber,
lubbard†;
slow coach
etc.
(slow.)
275;
opium eater,
lotus eater;
slug;
lag†,
sluggard,
slugabed;
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot;
waiter on Providence,
fruges consumere natus [Lat.].
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Roget 174:
moderation,
lenity
etc.
740;
temperateness,
gentleness
etc.
adj.;
sobriety;
quiet;
mental calmness
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†.
moderating
etc.
v.;
anaphrodisia†;
relaxation,
remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization†,
assuagement,
contemporation†,
pacification.
measure,
juste milieu [Fr.],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.].
moderator;
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum;
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne,
milk,
opium,
poppy or mandragora;"
wet blanket;
palliative.
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Roget 415:
music;
concert;
strain,
tune,
air;
melody
etc.
413;
aria,
arietta†;
piece of music [Fr.],
work,
number,
opus;
sonata;
rondo,
rondeau [Fr.];
pastorale,
cavatina†,
roulade†,
fantasia,
concerto,
overture,
symphony,
variations,
cadenza;
cadence;
fugue,
canon,
quodlibet,
serenade,
notturno [It],
dithyramb;
opera,
operetta;
oratorio;
composition,
movement;
stave;
passamezzo [It],
toccata,
Vorspiel [G.].
instrumental music;
full score;
minstrelsy,
tweedledum and tweedledee,
band,
orchestra;
concerted piece [Fr.],
potpourri,
capriccio.
vocal music,
vocalism†;
chaunt,
chant;
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn;
song
etc.
(poem)
597;
canticle,
canzonet†,
cantata,
bravura,
lay,
ballad,
ditty,
carol,
pastoral,
recitative,
recitativo†,
solfeggio†.
Lydian measures;
slow music,
slow movement;
adagio
etc.
adv.;
minuet;
siren strains,
soft music,
lullaby;
dump;
dirge
etc.
(lament)
839;
pibroch†;
martial music,
march;
dance music;
waltz
etc.
(dance)
840.
solo,
duet,
duo,
trio;
quartet,
quartett†;
septett†;
part song,
descant,
glee,
madrigal,
catch,
round,
chorus,
chorale;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
accompaniment,
second,
bass;
score;
bourdon†,
drone,
morceau†,
terzetto†.
composer
etc.
413;
musician
etc.
416.
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Roget 834:
relief;
deliverance;
refreshment
etc.
689;
easement,
softening,
alleviation,
mitigation,
palliation,
soothing,
lullaby.
solace,
consolation,
comfort,
encouragement.
lenitive,
restorative
etc.
(remedy)
662;
cushion
etc.
215;
crumb of comfort,
balm in Gilead.
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Dutch: slaapdeuntje, slaapliedje, wiegeliedje
Polish: kołysanka, berceuse