<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.</li><li>pertaining to or writing lyric poetry: a lyric poet.</li><li>characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling: a lyric song; lyric writing.</li><li>pertaining to, rendered by, or employing singing.</li><li>(of a voice) relatively light of volume and modest in range: a lyric soprano.</li><li>pertaining, adapted, or sung to the lyre, or composing poems to be sung to the lyre: ancient Greek lyric odes.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a lyric poem.</li><li>Often lyrics.</li><li>the words of a song.</li></ul>