Synonyms for sing
sɪŋsing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sing

   To sing is primarily and ordinarily to utter a succession of articulate musical sounds with the human voice. The word has come to include any succession of musical sounds; we say the bird or the rivulet sings; we speak of "the singing quality" of an instrument, and by still wider extension of meaning we say the teakettle or the cricket sings. To chant is to sing in solemn and somewhat uniform cadence; chant is ordinarily applied to non-metrical religious compositions. To carol is to sing joyously, and to warble (kindred with whirl) is to sing with trills or quavers, usually also with the idea of joy. Carol and warble are especially applied to the singing of birds. To chirp is to utter a brief musical sound, perhaps often repeated in the same key, as by certain small birds, insects, etc. To chirrup is to utter a somewhat similar sound; the word is often used of a brief, sharp sound uttered as a signal to animate or rouse a horse or other animal. To hum is to utter murmuring sounds with somewhat monotonous musical cadence, usually with closed lips; we speak also of the hum of machinery, etc.

   Synonyms:
   carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, hum, warble

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1. singverb

   deliver by singing

   "Sing Christmas carols"

   Synonyms:
   spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, whistle, talk

2. singverb

   produce tones with the voice

   "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

   Synonyms:
   spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, whistle, talk

3. singverb

   to make melodious sounds

   "The nightingale was singing"

   Synonyms:
   spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, whistle, talk

4. whistle, singverb

   make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound

   "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

   Synonyms:
   spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, sing, whistle, talk

5. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab outverb

   divulge confidential information or secrets

   "Be careful--his secretary talks"

   Synonyms:
   verbalize, whistle, babble, twaddle, verbalise, prattle, spill, ripple, palaver, peach, tittle-tattle, maunder, utter, blather, smatter, tattle, gurgle, mouth, bubble, blab out, burble, blether, gibber, blab, talk, let the cat out of the bag, speak, guggle, blither, babble out, sing, prate, spill the beans, piffle, chatter, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack

Matched Categories

1. • Interpret
   • Music
   • Sing
   • Sound
   • Utter

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1. singverb

   Synonyms:
   carol, chant, warble

2. singverb

   Synonyms:
   carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song

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1. singverb

   Synonyms:
   carol, warble, chant, hymn, hum, troll, yodel, croon

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1. List of paraphrases for "sing":

   singing, sings, chante, singh, shing, blowthem, blackmail, exalt, star, hsing

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1. John Prine:

   At least they left with a voice to sing. I think it improved my voice, if anything. I always had a hard time listening to my singing before my surgery, it dropped down lower and feels friendlier to me.

2. Jane Kagan:

   For the first five days, only bunks will be going together to activities, after day five, assuming all campers and staff test negative, we will expand to divisions, where each age group can be together. After receiving negative results from day 14, the hope is we are a clean and healthy camp and we can sing together in the dining room and have campfires.

3. Bob Caldwell:

   This is probably the best Father's Day gift that you can have, i get to spend time with people that I've grown to respect and enjoy and I get to spend time with my son-in-law and sometimes my son. Concerts are just an added bonus quite frankly at this point. I love music. I can't sing and can't dance but I love music.

4. Amit Ray:

   The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart.

5. Caleb Johnson:

   If you won, you had to sing the song, and the song was just utter crap, like, it was just the worst song ever.