Synonyms for sing
sɪŋsing

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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, 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, 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. Katy Perry:

   What I did know was I was curious and even then I knew sexuality wasn’t as black and white as this dress, and honestly, I haven’t always gotten it right but in 2008 when that song came out I knew that I started a conversation and a lot of the world seemed curious enough to sing along, too.

2. Christopher Pearce Cranch, A Spring Growl:

   If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, "This is Spring."

3. Vijay Samuel Benjamin:

   When you sing to people, you are an entertainer... but when you sing to God, you are a Worshiper !

4. Aleksander Laskowski:

   We hope it will sing for us again, so an opportunity to hear the sound of Chopin’s piano as he heard it when he composed is quite likely.

5. Judy Harrison:

   I teach them to sing' Happy Birthday' to yourself twice to make sure they wash for at least 20 seconds.