| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
Synonyms: |
aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |
| Main Entry: | aria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | operatic solo |
Synonyms: |
descant, hymn, song |
| 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: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
Synonyms: |
address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, tractate, treatise, utterance, verbalization |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, speak about |
Synonyms: |
argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | discuss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over with another |
Synonyms: |
altercate, argue, bounce off, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate, examine, exchange views on, explain, figure, get together, go into, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, jaw, kick about, knock around, moot, put heads together, reason about, review, sift, take up, thrash out, toss around, ventilate, weigh |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| 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: | melody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, tune |
Synonyms: |
air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inflection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme, tunefulness, unison |
Antonyms: |
cacophony, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | monologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech by one person |
Synonyms: |
address, descant, discourse, disquisition, harangue, lecture, sermon, soliloquy, speech, stand-up bit, talk |
| Notes: | monologue comes from Greek and soliloquy from Latin, but both mean 'speaking alone' |
Antonyms: |
dialogue |
| Main Entry: | narrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, detail |
Synonyms: |
characterize, chronicle, delineate, depict, descant, disclose, discourse, enumerate, expatiate, give an account of, hold forth, make known, paint, picture, portray, proclaim, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, reveal, set forth, spin, state, tell, tell a story, unfold |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, suppress |