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Synonyms for singer

Most common

cantor crooner musician vocalist poet warbler songstress songster

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cantor — A person who sings, often professionally

cantor, crooner, chanter

2. Vocalist

vocalist, musician, vocaliser rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who sings, often professionally.

    It's the singer, not the song.

  2. n. 2

    dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

Forms

Plural
singers → cantors, crooners, chanters, vocalists…

Example sentences

  • cantor Set theory was developed by Georg Cantor.
  • musician If I were to be born again, I would be a musician.
  • vocalist Tom isn't the lead vocalist. He's one of the backup singers.
  • poet The poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
  • warbler The finch, chickadee, and warbler eat insects.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
singerrising
cantorrising
croonerrising
musicianrising
vocalistrising
poetsteady

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

By length

4 letters
poet2
6 letters
cantor2
7 letters
warbler2, crooner2, chanter
8 letters
musician3, vocalist3, minstrel2, songster
9 letters
vocaliser, chantress
10 letters
songstress, cantatrice

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poet2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chanteur
Italiano
cantante
Español
cantor
Català
cantant