Home › Words › D › downpitchdownpitchdownpitch means to lower a sound in pitch.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, downpitch ranks #14,626 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom down- + pitch.verbTo lower a sound in pitch.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.downtune 72% match — To tune (a musical instrument) to a lower pitch. vs downpitch →downtuned 68% match — tuned to a lower pitch than normal vs downpitch →downslurred 66% match — Falling in pitch. vs downpitch →detune 66% match — To intentionally lower or raise the pitch produced by a musical instrument, often to produce sounds not normally possible, or to reduce tension in a stringed instrument for the purpose of shipping or maintenance. vs downpitch →downdrift 64% match — A lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language. vs downpitch →downtone 62% match — To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay. vs downpitch →pitchless 61% match — Without pitch; unpitched. vs downpitch →divebomb 60% match — The rapid lowering of the pitch of a note on the guitar by means of the whammy bar. vs downpitch →