Synonyms for sing
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
- n. 1
The act, or event, of singing songs.
I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.
Related words
- Word family
- singability singable singalong singer singing singe
- Phrases
- go sing sing the blues
- Is a kind of
- utter vocalize
Forms
- Plural
- sings → hymns, warbles, yodels, narcs…
Choose the right word
To sing is primarily and ordinarily to utter a succession of articulate musical sounds with the human voice. 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
- carol Carol will have left for London by eight tomorrow.
- chant Gunter started to chant in some weird language.
- hum I've had enough of the rain and the daily hum-drum.
- chirp The vernal heralds chirp and make their nests.
- croon If you croon like this, she will stop crying.
By length
- 3 letters
- hum1
- 4 letters
- talk1, tune1, hymn1, narc1, blab1
- 5 letters
- carol2, peach1, spill1, troll1, chant1, chirp1, yodel2, croon1
- 6 letters
- babble2, tattle2, warble2, intone2
- 7 letters
- whistle2, chirrup
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carol2 = 2 syllables).