Synonyms of descanting

descanting

verb

present participle of descant

1

as in speaking

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaking
• lecturing
• talking
• expatiating
• discoursing
• declaiming
• orating
• haranguing
• soliloquizing
• holding forth
• sermonizing
• expounding
• pontificating
• reciting
• taking the floor
• disserting
• mouthing
• spouting
• filibustering

2

as in singing

to produce musical sounds with the voice

the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• singing
• chanting
• vocalizing
• trilling
• carolling
• warbling
• quavering
• lilting
• crooning
• sharping
• humming
• caroling
• serenading
• harmonizing
• scatting
• slurring
• yodelling
• yodeling
• trolling
• belting