SING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SING?

Need another word that means the same as “sing”? Find 57 synonyms and 30 related words for “sing” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sing” are: whistle, babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle, chant, intone, croon, carol, chorus, warble, trill, pipe, quaver, call out, call, cry, cry out, shout, yell, trumpet, bellow, roar, twitter, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep, hum, drone, bumble, whir, fizz, fuzz, hiss, murmur, whisper, inform, inform on someone, tell tales, tell tales on someone, praise, laud, extol, glorify, eulogize, reverence, honour, pay tribute to, pay homage to, salute, hymn

Sing as a Verb

Definitions of "Sing" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sing” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Divulge confidential information or secrets.
• Call something out loudly.
• (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise.
• Recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature.
• To make melodious sounds.
• Act as an informer to the police.
• Perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice.
• Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.
• Deliver by singing.
• Compose poetry.
• Make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
• Sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music.
• Produce tones with the voice.
• Make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound.
• (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds.

Synonyms of "Sing" as a verb (57 Words)

babble	Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. He babbled to another convict while he was in jail.
babble out	Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
bellow	Shout something with a deep loud roar. A dozen large men were bellowing Jerusalem.
blab	Talk foolishly or mindlessly. She blabbed to the press.
blab out	To state openly and publicly one’s homosexuality.
bumble	Speak in a confused or indistinct way. They bumbled around the house.
call	Claim a specified privilege for oneself typically by shouting out a particular word or set phrase. One subroutine may call another subroutine or itself.
call out	Call a meeting; invite or command to meet.
carol	Sing Christmas carols. She was cheerfully carolling the words of the song.
chant	Recite with musical intonation recite as a chant or a psalm. Everyone was singing and chanting.
cheep	Make a short, high squeaky sound. Sparrows are cheeping all around.
chirp	(of a person) say something in a lively and cheerful way. The birds were chirping in the bushes.
chirrup	(of a small bird) make repeated short, high-pitched sounds. Yes Miss Honey chirruped eighteen voices.
chorus	(of a group of people) say the same thing at the same time. Yes the children chorused.
croon	Say in a soft, low voice. The female vocalist crooned smoky blues into the microphone.
cry	Bring into a particular state by crying. This situation is crying for attention.
cry out	Proclaim or announce in public.
drone	Speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone. In the far distance a machine droned.
eulogize	Praise highly in speech or writing. The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral.
extol	Praise enthusiastically. He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples.
fizz	(of a liquid) produce bubbles of gas and make a hissing sound. Carbide lamps fizzed in the darkness.
fuzz	Make or become blurred or indistinct. Snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs.
glorify	Praise glorify or honor. A football video glorifying violence.
hiss	Express disapproval of someone by hissing. The escaping gas was hissing.
honour	Accept (a bill) or pay (a cheque) when due. The bank informed him that the cheque would not be honoured.
hum	Sound with a monotonous hum. When the wind drops this stuff really hums.
hymn	Sing hymns. They hymned their love of God.
inform	Give incriminating information about someone to the police or other authority. Religion informs every aspect of their lives.
inform on someone	Give character or essence to.
intone	Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. All rise intoned the usher.
laud	Praise, glorify, or honor. The obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier.
let the cat out of the bag	Consent to, give permission.
murmur	Make a low continuous sound. The wind was murmuring through the trees.
pay homage to	Be worth it.
pay tribute to	Bring in.
peach	Divulge confidential information or secrets.
peep	Appear as though from hiding. He peeped at the woman through the window.
pipe	Convey water gas oil or other fluid substances through a pipe or pipes. Water from the lakes is piped to Manchester.
praise	Express one’s respect and gratitude towards (a deity), especially in song. We praise God for past blessings.
quaver	Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. His voice quavered with rage.
reverence	Regard with feelings of respect and reverence consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. The many divine beings reverenced by Hindu tradition.
roar	Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way. Swindon roared back with two goals.
salute	Make a formal salute to. A terrible stench saluted our nostrils.
shout	Prevent someone from speaking or being heard by shouting. She shouted for joy.
spill the beans	Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail.
talk	Exchange thoughts talk with. Keep on walking and talk your way out of it.
tattle	Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. He never tattled or told tales.
tell tales	Narrate or give a detailed account of.
tell tales on someone	Give evidence.
trill	Sing or play with trills alternating with the half note above or below. Trilling a love ballad she led him to her chair.
trumpet	Play or blow on the trumpet. A jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind and the kids danced until dark.
twitter	Talk rapidly and at length in a trivial way. Old ladies in the congregation twittered.
warble	Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below. He warbled in an implausible soprano.
whir	Make a soft swishing sound. The motor whirred.
whisper	(of leaves, wind, or water) rustle or murmur softly. Are you all right he whispered.
whistle	Blow a whistle especially as a signal. She whistled for her maid.
yell	Utter or declare in a very loud voice. You heard me losing my temper and yelling at her.

Usage Examples of "Sing" as a verb

• My brother sings very well.
• He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
• Poetry should sing the variety of the human race.
• I asked her to sing some carols.
• The birds were singing in the trees.
• We sing along to all the songs.
• She was singing while she was cooking.
• The kettle was beginning to sing.
• These poets sing of the American experience.
• The nightingale was singing.
• As soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary.
• A stinging slap that made my ear sing.
• Bella sang to the baby.
• He sang out a greeting.
• The kettle was singing.

Associations of "Sing" (30 Words)

alto	The lowest female singing voice contralto. Alto flute.
anthem	A musical setting of a religious text to be sung by a choir during a church service, especially in Anglican or Protestant Churches. The crowd stood and sang the national anthem.
antiphon	A musical setting of an antiphon.
aria	An elaborate song for solo voice.
baritone	A singer with a baritone voice. He starred as a baritone.
cantata	A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
carol	Sing Christmas carols. We carolled from door to door.
choir	Sing in a choir. It has tall twin western towers and spires and a long nave and choir.
choral	A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune. A choral scholar.
chorale	A musical composition consisting of or resembling a harmonized version of a chorale.
chorus	A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. Morning Sister the nurses chorused.
clef	A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
contralto	A singer with a contralto voice. She sang in a high contralto.
ensemble	The coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage. A string ensemble.
hymn	Sing hymns. A Hellenistic hymn to Apollo.
madrigal	Sing madrigals. The group was madrigaling beautifully.
music	Music the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments or reproductions of such sounds. The background music of softly lapping water.
opera	A building for the performance of opera. You will enjoy a visit to the opera.
piano	(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone. The piano passages in the composition.
psalm	Sing or celebrate in psalms. He psalms the works of God.
rehearsal	The action or process of rehearsing. A rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding.
rendition	Handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed. They heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert.
singing	The act of singing vocal music. The singing of hymns in Latin.
soloist	A musician who performs a solo. He appears as a concerto soloist with all the great British orchestras.
song	A musical composition suggestive of a song. A successful musical must have at least three good songs.
soprano	A part written for a soprano voice. Soprano sax.
symphony	A long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra. We heard the Vienna symphony.
tenor	A singer with a tenor voice. Nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways.
tune	The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency. DJ Samantha provided the tunes.
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.