Thesaurus results for CHANT

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verb

ˈchant

as in to sing

to utter in musical or drawn out tones the frustrated crowd at the rock concert started to chant, "We want the show to start!"

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as in to vocalize

to produce musical sounds with the voice monks chanting fervently at matins

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Recent Examples of chant

Verb

The English Football Association suggested its disciplinary commission consider a partial stadium closure because of offensive chanting by Millwall supporters about disabilities during a September 2025 game at Crystal Palace in the League Cup. —

ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 At one point, some fans chanted for a coaching change and for better play on the field. —

Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026

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The celebratory taunts — clearly audible on ABC’s game broadcast — were aimed at Philadelphia fans, who’d broken into the same chant during their team’s play-in victory over Orlando on Wednesday. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 Sabrina Carpenter has issued an apology for mistaking Zaghrouta, a celebratory Arabic chant, for yodeling during her 2026 headlining Coachella set. —

Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chant

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The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
First, there was the stealth appearance of a B-2 Spirit bomber, which glided like a quiet bird in flight as the national anthem, sung by 10-year-old Alexandria Arango, was winding down.

— Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026