Synonyms for chant
- verb
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- v. 2
To sing or intone sacred text.
- n. 1
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
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To chant is to sing in solemn and somewhat uniform cadence; chant is ordinarily applied to non-metrical religious compositions.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tone Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?
- sing You are the kind of guitarist I like to sing with.
- carol Carol will have left for London by eight tomorrow.
By length
- 4 letters
- song1, tone1, sing1
- 5 letters
- carol2
- 6 letters
- warble2, intone2
- 7 letters
- introit
- 8 letters
- intonate
- 10 letters
- cantillate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carol2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- psalmodier
- Italiano
- salmodiare