Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
downbeat \downbeat\ n. (Music)
the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm
moves downward).
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
downbeat
n 1: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm
moves downward)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "downbeat":
Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, arsis, bar beat, beat,
bout, circle, circuit, course, cycle, cynical, defeatist, diastole,
dismal, gloomy, negative, negativistic, nihilistic, offbeat,
pessimist, pessimistic, pulsation, pulse, revolution, rotation,
round, series, spell, systole, thesis, throb, turn, uncheerful,
upbeat, wheel