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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
she sang a little-known song for the talent show
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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
the songs of Shakespeare
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as in dime
a very small sum of money
developers bought the land for a song
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as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
a hero honored in song and story
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Recent Examples of song
The service itself pulsed with sound with horns blaring, drums pounding and voices rising in song.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
In the spirit of full disclosure, the EW staff was completely divided on which song off Evermore was the best, with most songs getting at least one vote.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Judas Priest has long used the song as pre-show music before the band hits stage.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
The 89-minute film also featured Swift's descriptions of each song playing before lyric videos for the new tracks.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
In the spirit of full disclosure, the EW staff was completely divided on which song off Evermore was the best, with most songs getting at least one vote.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Judas Priest has long used the song as pre-show music before the band hits stage.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
The 89-minute film also featured Swift's descriptions of each song playing before lyric videos for the new tracks.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for song
Noun
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Swift is known for her devastating track five ballads.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The wedding ballads can wait; this nasty jam should still get the dancefloor packed in the meantime.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Finally Moncrieff chose Within a Budding Grove, from a poem by William Allingham.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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This poem is from Courtney Kampa’s new book, A Bright and Borrowed Light.—
Courtney Kampa,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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Nashville is known as Music City, but its melodies have occasionally taken the town from the stage to the screen.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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That means Swift incorporated a portion of the pop classic's composition into her version, in this case the melody and beginning chorus lyrics.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the boy witnessed the whole thing, this uncomfortable mix of family, violence, tribalism, and an atmosphere can change and become charged on a dime.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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The ascending Young was even better with 32 points, 10 dimes and zero turnovers.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Of course Swift’s legion of devotees would scoff at the notion that their heroine was anything but a pop goddess, their very own Glinda the Good Witch sent to comfort with lyrical poetry and aid crumpled hearts.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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But music criticism aside, some fans feel betrayed by the album — and not just by the lyrics.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Social media star Kaeli Dance spoke the chorus lyrics to explain which moves correlate to each line in an Instagram Reel shared on Sunday.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On Saturday nights, when the Jewish Sabbath ends, Elia chants the zemirot, the traditional table hymns.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Attendees bowed their head in prayer and sang along to hymns, while posters of Kirk lined the seats.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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Curtis moved to Los Angeles after the service and wrote jingles for commercials.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Sep. 2025
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That's right, the advertisements displayed across America's media landscape, including the ones with catchy jingles and celebrity appearances, are an exception, not the rule.—
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D.,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/song. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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