Synonyms of descants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of descant

1

as in lectures

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lectures
• speaks
• talks
• holds forth
• declaims
• expatiates
• orates
• discourses
• harangues
• takes the floor
• soliloquizes
• sermonizes
• recites
• expounds
• pontificates
• mouths
• disserts
• spouts
• filibusters

2

as in chants

to produce musical sounds with the voice

the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chants
• sings
• carols
• vocalizes
• trills
• warbles
• quavers
• hums
• croons
• harmonizes
• slurs
• lilts
• sharps
• serenades
• scats
• yodels
• belts
• trolls

descants

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noun

variants also discants

plural of descant

1

as in chanties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chanties
• madrigals
• glees
• choruses
• part-songs
• arias
• motets
• chants
• lullabies
• chansons
• solos
• ballads
• carols
• hymns
• ditties
• standards
• blues
• chanteys
• vocals
• psalms
• canticles
• serenades
• shanties
• folk songs
• cantatas
• chorales
• spirituals
• lyrics
• arie
• anthems
• art songs
• rockers
• rounds
• jingles
• songs
• dirges
• requiems
• lays
• pops
• roundelays
• barcarolles
• croons
• hallelujahs
• paeans
• noels
• barcaroles
• laments
• threnodies
• medleys
• drinking songs
• fight songs
• torch songs
• remixes
• covers

2

as in observations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• observations
• remarks
• annotations
• notes
• explications
• reports
• analyses
• commentaries
• comments
• expositions
• reviews
• write-ups
• play-by-plays