Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

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1. • Free-reed Instrument
   • Keyboard Instrument

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1. President Barack Obama:

   He was playing 'Do the Hustle' - on an accordion. She said she found this 'sexy and brave.' I mean, the brave part I understand.

2. Unknown:

   A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't.

3. Tom Waits:

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

4. 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.

5. 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.