Cithern: alternatives and connections

A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and thr…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer.

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An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

An instrument like a guitar.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.