Need another word that means the same as “anthem”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “anthem” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Anthem” are: hymn, song, song of praise, chorale, psalm, paean, plainsong, chant, canticle
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anthem” as a noun can have the following definitions:
canticle | A hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service. |
chant | The style of music consisting of chants. Gregorian chant. |
chorale | A musical composition consisting of or resembling a harmonized version of a chorale. |
hymn | A book, film, or other composition praising someone or something. A Hellenistic hymn to Apollo. |
paean | A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity. A paean of praise for the great poets. |
plainsong | A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church. |
psalm | One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David. A delightful setting of Psalm 150. |
song | A musical composition suggestive of a song. The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead. |
song of praise | A distinctive or characteristic sound. |
acoustic | Of or relating to the science of acoustics. Tyndall lectured on acoustics. |
antiphon | A musical setting of an antiphon. |
aria | An elaborate song for solo voice. |
ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship having been passed on orally from one generation to the next. |
carol | Sing Christmas carols. They went caroling on Christmas Day. |
choir | Sing in a choir. A clarinet choir. |
choral | Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir. A choral scholar. |
chorale | A musical composition consisting of or resembling a harmonized version of a chorale. |
chord | Play chords on a stringed instrument. A G major chord. |
chorus | A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. A growing chorus of complaint. |
ensemble | The coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage. A string ensemble. |
euphony | Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. The poet put euphony before mere factuality. |
flute | An organ stop with wooden or metal flue pipes producing a tone similar to that of a flute. What do you do she fluted. |
guitar | A stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum. |
hymn | Praise by singing a hymn. A Hellenistic hymn to Apollo. |
lied | A type of German song, especially of the romantic period, typically for solo voice with piano accompaniment. |
lullaby | A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. She lullabied us, she fed us. |
melody | Sweet music; tunefulness. He picked out an intricate melody on his guitar. |
orchestration | The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments. The skillful orchestration of his political campaign. |
piano | Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly. The piano passages in the composition. |
playing | The act of playing a musical instrument. |
psalm | Sing or celebrate in psalms. He psalms the works of God. |
rehearsal | (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory. I ve had a fortnight in rehearsal. |
rendition | A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. Iroquois is a French rendition of an Algonquian word for rattlesnake. |
sing | An act or spell of singing. We sing along to all the songs. |
singing | The act of singing vocal music. The singing of hymns in Latin. |
song | A musical composition suggestive of a song. The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead. |
symphony | A long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra. Autumn is a symphony of texture and pattern. |
tremolo | A mechanism in an organ producing a tremolo effect. |
violin | A stringed musical instrument of treble pitch played with a horsehair bow The classical European violin was developed in the 16th century It has four strings and a body of characteristic rounded shape narrowed at the middle and with two f shaped soundholes. |
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