| 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: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing simple song or song part |
Synonyms: |
cantillate, carol, chorus, croon, descant, doxologize, drone, intone, recite, shout, tune, vocalize, warble |
| Main Entry: | anthem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | song |
Synonyms: |
canticle, chant, chorus, hymn, melody, paean |
| Main Entry: | ballad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrative song |
Synonyms: |
carol, chant, ditty, serenade |
| Main Entry: | dirge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad song |
Synonyms: |
chant, coronach, cry, death march, death song, elegy, funeral song, hymn, jeremiad, keen, lament, march, monody, requiem, threnody |
| Main Entry: | drawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lengthen, draw out |
Synonyms: |
chant, drag out, drone, extend, intone, nasalize, prolong, pronounce slowly, protract, utter |
Antonyms: |
clip, shorten |
| Main Entry: | drone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | making noise continuously |
Synonyms: |
bombinate, buzz, chant, drawl, hum, intone, nasalize, purr, sound, strum, thrum, vibrate, whirr |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | hocus-pocus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleight of hand |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, abracadabra, artifice, cant, chant, charm, cheating, chicanery, conjuring, deceit, deception, deception, delusion, flimflam, fraud, gibberish, gobbledegook, hoax, hocus, humbug, imposture, incantation, jargon, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic, magic words, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, mumbo jumbo, mummery, mystification, nonsense, occultism, open sesame, rigmarole, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, spell, swindle, trick, trickery |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | hymn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious song |
Synonyms: |
alleluia, aria, canticle, carol, chant, choral, chorale, descant, ditty, evensong, hallelujah, hosanna, laud, lay, lied, littany, ode, oratorio, paean, psalm, shout, song of praise, worship song |
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |