Antonyms for accordion
əˈkɔr di ənac·cor·dion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. accordionnoun

   Synonyms:
   squeezebox

2. accordionadjective

   Pleated, or folded like a bellows from an accordion.

   Synonyms:
   squeezebox

Matched Categories

1. • Free-reed Instrument
   • Keyboard Instrument

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. accordion, piano accordion, squeeze boxnoun

   a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

   Synonyms:
   squeeze box, piano accordion

How to use accordion in a sentence?

1. Zachary Lippman:

   When you mutate the gene, it basically shrinks the plant like an accordion so you can make it much more compact.

2. Tom Waits:

   A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

3. Kim Fish:

   I was on the phone with my 7-year-old daughter who asked me if her daddy was going to die, and that's when I collapsed on the floor like an accordion, i got up and burst out of the sand-bagged hospital doors to get back home to my husband, but I was stopped by 5-foot deep freezing seawater.

4. Jed Babbin, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense:

   Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless, noisy baggage behind.

5. Stephen Wheeles:

   The spirit of the law is that since many people drive well above the speed limit, it creates an ‘accordion effect’ as traffic starts backing up behind the slower vehicle, this is where many of our crashes occur on the interstates.It’s all in the name of safety.

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