Synonyms for descant

Most common

warble · expatiate · dissert

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To discuss at length.

   Involving some interesting, intellectual trips, she was descanting lightly to right and left.

2. n. 1

   A lengthy discourse on a subject.

Related words

Phrases

descant recorder

Other spellings

discant

Forms

Plural

descants → sopranos, melodies, trebles, songs…

Past participle

descanted
e.g. descanted → warbled, yodeled, discoursed, expatiated…

Example sentences

• expatiate My principal virtue is humility, which I can expatiate for hours on.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

air¹

4 letters

song¹, tune¹

5 letters

speak¹, treat¹, yodel²

6 letters

melody³, treble², dilate², warble²

7 letters

discuss², soprano³, amplify³, enlarge², dissert

9 letters

discourse², expatiate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yodel² = 2 syllables).