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serenade

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a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover

wooed his lady with a serenade

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for serenade

aria,
art song,
barcarole
(or barcarolle),
blues,
chanson,
chant,
chantey
(or chanty or shanty),
chorus,
croon,
descant
(also discant),
folk song,
glee,
lullaby,
madrigal,
motet,
part-song,
pop,
rocker,
round,
roundelay,
standard

ballad,
ditty,
jingle,
lay,
lyric,
solo,
song,
vocal

anthem,
cantata,
canticle,
carol,
chorale,
hymn,
noel,
psalm,
spiritual

dirge,
lament,
requiem,
threnody

hallelujah,
paean

drinking song,
fight song

torch song

cover,
medley,
remix

serenade

verb

Synonyms of serenade (Entry 2 of 2)

as in sing, chant

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for serenade

belt,
croon,
harmonize,
hum,
lilt,
quaver,
scat,
sharp,
slur,
trill,
troll,
warble,
yodel

carol,
chant,
descant,
sing,
vocalize

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“Serenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenade. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.

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The first known use of serenade was in 1649

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