| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry a tune with one's voice |
Synonyms: |
belt out, burst into song, buzz*, canary, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice, line out, lullaby, make melody, mouth, pipe, purr, resound, roar, serenade, shout, singsong, solo, trill, troll, tune, vocalize, wait, warble, whine, whistle, yodel |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tattle on someone |
Synonyms: |
betray, blow the whistle, fink, inform, peach, rat, snitch, spill the beans, talk, turn in |
Antonyms: |
conceal |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
Synonyms: |
blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
Synonyms: |
call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble |
| Main Entry: | confess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit, confirm |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, affirm, allow, assert, attest, aver, avow, blow, blurt out, chirp, clue in, come clean, come out, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, dump on, evince, finger*, fink, grant, humble oneself, leak*, let on, level with, make clean breast of, manifest, narrate, open one's heart, own, own up, post, profess, prove, rat on, recognize, relate, reveal, sing*, snitch, sound off, spill the beans, spit out, squeal, tip hand, unload, vent, weasel |
Antonyms: |
conceal, deny, disavow, disown, hide, mask, repudiate, secrete |
| Main Entry: | harmonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correspond, match |
Synonyms: |
accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, be in unison, be of one mind, blend, carol, chime with, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, fit in with, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, relate, set, sing, suit, symphonize, synthesize, tune, unify, unite |
Antonyms: |
clash, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
Synonyms: |
bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | lament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to mourn or grieve deeply |
Synonyms: |
bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Notes: | bemoan is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lament is motivated when the grief is over the event itself |
Antonyms: |
celebrate, compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a sound; peep |
Synonyms: |
blubber, boohoo, cheep, cry, play, say, shout, sing, sob, sound, speak, talk, toot, trill, tweet, twitter, wail, warble, weep, whistle |
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, act as if, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air, certify, claim, come out, confess, confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, get off chest, get on soapbox, maintain, make out, open up, own, own up, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, say so, sing*, soapbox, spiel*, spout, state, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big, vouch |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |