Thesaurus results for DISCANT

descant 1 of 2

verb

ˈdes-ˌkant

Definition of descant

as in to speak

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

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as in to chant

to produce musical sounds with the voice the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

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descant

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noun

variants also discant

as in chorus

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as in observation

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Recent Examples of descant

Noun

Bart, too idiosyncratic merely to copy the idiosyncrasies of the movie’s Christopher Lloyd, instead adds a descant of commentary atop them, sometimes seeming to extemporize a different show entirely. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023 For seven decades, Katz has been providing a visual descant to the work of the New York School of poets, many of whom were his friends. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for descant

Verb

For women, advice to speak confidently and to promote yourself with positive voice would fall short, as this alone did not lead to women being valued as emerging leaders.

— Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
All six candidates for Jackson County executive spoke about their plans for the sports complex while on the campaign trail.

— Ilana Arougheti July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

Definition of speak

Verb

Marvel fans are donning Doctor Doom masks being given out in the room, chanting and screaming.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Demonstrators chanted and sang alongside Singing Resistance Chicago, a local chapter of a national movement that uses public singing to protest immigration policies.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Definition of chant

Noun

Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
There’s always a ready audience, especially when the pesky Jewish state of Israel loudly refuses to join the chorus of condemnation and defends itself with force.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of chorus

Noun

The day before the grand opening, Hua, the family patriarch, could be seen constantly walking through the store, offering observations and suggestions about what was needed for a successful launch.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
The Vanstone fortune cannot be recouped until Magdalen finally develops a strong emotional intelligence—until her thinking and observation skills grow to match her acting skills, and then begin to work together.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of observation

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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

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In his final remarks before leaving the protest camp at the Jantar Mantar observatory, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke hinted that his party was not going away.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Young Indians had already turned the remark into a rallying cry for a protest movement.

— Šumit Ganguly, NPR, 27 July 2026