chants 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of chant
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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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chants

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noun

plural of chant

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Recent Examples of chants
Noun
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
Verb
  • If ginger beer sings with a dark rum, sing.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Johnson sings throughout the film, including on lyrical creations by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • See the full setlist here The music does a lot of the legwork, stadium-ready with massive, no-frills choruses begging to be sung back to him by hoards of devotees.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Her pin-drop verses drew the crowd forward (one table up front must might as well have been the Official Emily King Fan Club; these people were ecstatic), and by the end, ringing choruses filled the room without ever getting harsh.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The powerful forces can make the difference between a hurricane that roars ashore and one that spins relatively harmlessly out to sea.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The movie roars to life but seemingly forgets to breathe.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Italian brainrot anthems infest Spotify Viral 50 charts across the world, from Denmark to Sweden to Peru to the Czech Republic.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There is a stiff-upper-lip-ness to their personal and stage personas that gives at least the appearance of an edge to the anthems.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • She’s best known for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her endlessly inventive vocal approach and aching tenderness with ballads earned her a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation in 2012.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Performed from a third-person perspective, the perspective of the blues, Nourished by Time spins an old-fashioned yarn about a man working a restaurant job and writing ballads at night.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The event featured a table side performance by an opera singer from Venice, delivering multiple iconic arias, and a Georgian dance company called Holiguards Fire that is featured in Kevin Spacey’s new project.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But Republicans should question their own members who fail in other areas that require adherence to basic standards of conscience and competence.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Align With Compliance Work with your legal team to ensure the policy meets any relevant laws or standards, such as HIPAA in healthcare, GDPR in the EU or other data protection rules.
    Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Chants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chants. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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