Thesaurus results for CHANT

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verb

ˈchant

Definition of chant

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

This fanatical regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel, for 47 years. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 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

Noun

Whichever one has the most annoying supporter chant, obviously. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 14 July 2026 Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner even joined the chant, giving a warm welcome to the hundreds of fans waiting for tomorrow’s game. — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chant

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Verb

The applause barely stopped, and the crowd sang along to every word as well as danced in their seats throughout the entire two-and-a-half-hour show.

— Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Video from Logan Seeger shows her two-year-old son holding balloons as children sing to him from their passing bus.

— Amelie Ritchie, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of sing

Noun

When late summer rolls around, Taylor Fritz joins a chorus of Americans in extoling the virtues of hard courts and talking about how the North American swing is his favorite time of year.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, a chorus of Missouri Republicans have attacked the court over its decision.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chorus

Noun

Gotta be honest, this instrumental version from one of those cover compilations of rock songs done lullaby-style for hipster parents is kind of great.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Reilly, who composed the song wholesale, seems content to swap his Satie-esque irresolution for something straightforwardly plaintive, like a lullaby.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of lullaby

Noun

Major returned afterward for a solo serenade to close his fourth straight win.

— Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 18 Aug. 2026
The visit opened with a photocall at a Beijing courtyard centered on a maple tree more than a 100 years old, where Thomas, Theron and Damon surprised Nolan with a birthday cake and led a serenade for the director.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of serenade

Noun

If the night had ended after that soaring anthem, few in the heavily female and predominantly middle-aged crowd could have complained.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Those who condemned his protest chose to focus on his kneeling during the anthem — as opposed to the police violence that drove him to do it.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of anthem

Noun

Latin polyphony and motets are being sung at the Offertory and during the distribution of Holy Communion.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.

— Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024

Definition of motet

Noun

The next day, JT showed a snippet of his viral cameo that had everyone and their mother throwing up their phones in glee.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Other, less cartoonish responses have lingered on Cambridge’s comparable glee in brandishing Arday in the first place.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of glee

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