| 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: | singing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warbling |
Synonyms: |
carol, chanting, crooning, intoning, song |
| 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: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of song |
Synonyms: |
carol, croon, hymn, incantation, intonation, lilt, mantra, melody, psalm, shout, singing, song, trill, tune, warble |
| 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 |