carols 1 of 2

noun

plural of carol
as in hymns
a religious song sang carols at the Christmas Eve service

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carols

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of carol
1
as in chants
to produce musical sounds with the voice she caroled with glee when she heard the good news

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2
as in praises
to proclaim the glory of landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley

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Recent Examples of carols
Noun
One child might want carols and a full tree, another might want everything quiet. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026 The Happy Days actor shared a story about being asked to sing Christmas carols at Disney World by Marlee Matlin. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026 The full album is coming out on December 4, which will give everybody something fun to listen to instead of Christmas carols. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 The inspiring and idiosyncratic debut from a 53-year-old priest in Greece pinballs between drone metal and techno Christmas carols, field recordings and hymns. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops. — Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026 During the Christmas holidays, children from the village comes to sing South Tyrolean carols in exchange for sweet treats, a local tradition that’s sort of like a South Tyrolean Halloween. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carols
  1. hymns
  2. chants
  3. praises
  4. anthems
  5. sings
  6. celebrates
  7. psalms
  8. blesses
Noun
  • At the conclusion of an English-language service interspersed with hymns in Arabic, the priest introduced Salazar, who stood up in the front row, smiling and waving.
    — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The atmosphere feels similar to Pentecostal churches, with the hymns and spiritual declarations very familiar to those sung in other churches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of hymns
Verb
  • Eurylochus chants this on the seas after the crew leaves the island of the sun god’s cattle.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The ballroom at the Westin Perimeter North is packed with people sporadically breaking out in Rick Jackson chants from time to time.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Definition of chants
Verb
  • Special envoy Steve Witkoff praises President Vladimir Putin after Russia frees a retired American teacher.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Levine praises a call from Israel’s president Levine was recovering Sunday from injuries that included what appeared to be stab wounds in her buttocks, which required stitches.
    — Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of praises
Noun
  • Related Stories Olivia Rodrigo has become one of music’s most iconic voices, and turns heartbreak and growing pains into generational anthems.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There are no fist-pumping anthems, blister-raising leads or Homme’s cool-AF braggadocio at play here.
    — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of anthems
Verb
  • The Swedish baritone Peter Mattei, who sings Lincoln, is tall and rightly renowned for his rich, unmuddy voice, here channelled into plausible Midwestern vowels.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • John Homme sings at the jagged, forlorn beginning of the ninth Queens of the Stone Age album.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of sings
Verb
  • Bastia, which sits in the former chapel space of the building, celebrates the food of neighboring Mediterranean islands Sardinia and Corsica.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey celebrates with supporters on primary election night, June 28, 2022, at Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of celebrates
Noun
  • During a recent morning visit, large groups of Jewish worshippers circumambulated the holy site under close police guard, singing psalms at full volume and openly praying.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of psalms
Verb
  • Every now and then, the world blesses us with a day so full of sports that the hardest part is trying to figure out how to watch everything.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Bonuses for deal registration that brings new pipeline rather than blesses existing opportunities.
    — Jason Atkins, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of blesses

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“Carols.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carols. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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