Synonyms of ballads

ballads

noun

plural of ballad

as in songs

a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment

a haunting ballad about lost love and loneliness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• songs
• hymns
• lyrics
• anthems
• vocals
• ditties
• jingles
• lullabies
• choruses
• carols
• cantatas
• psalms
• chorales
• lays
• spirituals
• medleys
• arias
• serenades
• dirges
• blues
• requiems
• paeans
• madrigals
• chants
• part-songs
• chansons
• canticles
• rockers
• folk songs
• motets
• standards
• chanteys
• glees
• hallelujahs
• art songs
• laments
• noels
• descants
• remixes
• drinking songs
• rounds
• torch songs
• croons
• threnodies
• pops
• fight songs
• roundelays
• barcaroles
• covers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ballads

Up until that point, a lot of people thought that my greatest strength was to sing heartbreak ballads. — Jeffrey Masters, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee — who’s been honored for his work as a solo artist and a member of Faces — is known for belting out ballads and rock numbers through an unmistake gravelly voice. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

Their videos work as a modern take on the narcocorridos – ballads about the trafficking underworld that drug kingpins used to praise themselves and communicate with each other, said security expert Alexei Chévez. — Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Much of Tulu literature and folklore has been preserved through oral tradition, especially epic ballads called paddanas. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026

Those digital Mellotrons balanced against Wilson’s dry 2000s alt-rock production cast Åkerfeldt’s ballads into a searching, uncanny drift at the outskirts of the metal landscape. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

His theory—that the poems must have been patched together much later from various ballads—was not universally accepted. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Pop crossovers, polished ballads and the young seeds of bro-country were what populated the radio, but Church loved harder rock influences, outlaw heroes, and even the Muscle Shoals soul. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026