rockers

noun

plural of rocker
as in blues

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rockers
  1. ballads
  2. standards
  3. anthems
  4. choruses
  5. vocals
  6. ditties
  7. serenades
  8. lyrics
Noun
  • Up until that point, a lot of people thought that my greatest strength was to sing heartbreak ballads.
    — Jeffrey Masters, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ballads
Noun
  • Rooms are spacious by Tokyo standards and reliably comfortable, with the service consistency that makes Marriott a default for travelers who don't want any (unpleasant) surprises.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Crib standards also change, as drop-sided cribs were banned from manufacture in 2011, with the most recent crib regulation update being August 1, 2026.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of standards
Noun
  • His songs spanned from party anthems to deep social commentary.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Meshell Ndegeocello is taking one of the Eighties’ frostiest break-up pop anthems somewhere much warmer.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of anthems
Noun
  • Full of big moments, rousing choruses, barstool sing-alongs, and even a few weepers, Stages is an album calibrated to the live experience.
    — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There are no memorable choruses, hooky instrumentals passages, or spellbinding solos, all which have been a part of the band’s sonic identity, including on Life Is But a Dream… to an extent.
    — Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of choruses
Noun
  • At times, Sixx’s backing vocals were easier to make out than Neil’s lead.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The album was recorded with Ford across London, the English countryside and Palermo, Italy, where Chatten laid down vocals inside a makeshift booth assembled from mattresses and cushions.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocals
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
  • 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
Noun
  • Guo Degang was accused of violating public morals for improvising the lyrics to a communist party song.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Its body-moving riff and playfully randy lyrics have made the track a regular on FM rock playlists for half a century.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of lyrics
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