chants 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of chant
1
as in sings
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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2
as in vocalizes
to produce musical sounds with the voice monks chanting fervently at matins

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chants

2 of 2

noun

plural of chant
as in choruses

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Recent Examples of chants
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 As the crowd chants largely out of sight, heavy automatic gunfire can be heard for 15 uninterrupted seconds. — Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026 The Barmy Army chants restart as the England players partly walk over to applaud them. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025 On Saturday nights, when the Jewish Sabbath ends, Elia chants the zemirot, the traditional table hymns. — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 The entire group chants the name of the triumphant Elio and Clone Elio accepts the applause. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chants
  1. sings
  2. vocalizes
  3. choruses
  4. roars
  5. anthems
  6. ditties
  7. ballads
  8. serenades
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
  • The clip, filmed from a few feet away, shows the saxophone player continuing unfazed as the Dalmatian raises its snout and vocalizes in rhythm.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of vocalizes
Noun
  • In the pre-choruses, the chords and background vocals fill the spaces around Swift’s fragmented, stop-start lead vocal, creating an infectious call-and-response flow.
    — David Penn, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Breaking Benjamin As pounding as any heavy metal band, this Pennsylvania group hammers its way to surprisingly melodic choruses.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of choruses
Verb
  • Per the official logline, in the final season, as the survivors race to bury their sins before rescue arrives and an old flame roars back into town with plans of her own.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Its back alleys are still pedestrian-only (although the odd motorbike roars past) and maintain their charm.
    — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of roars
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
Noun
  • Hopkins kept playing, and even wrote little ditties on staff paper.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In the streaming music world, having access to all your favorite tunes and ditties is integral.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
Definition of ditties
Noun
  • That means arbitrary Drake covers and Max B homages, smooth ballads on smashing cougars and dirty macking.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The bouncy salsa tunes — as well as the melodic ballads — are still playing in my internal playlist.
    — George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of ballads
Noun
  • Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of serenades

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“Chants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chants. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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