Thesaurus results for SERENADES

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noun

plural of serenade

as in chants

a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover wooed his lady with a serenade

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verb

present tense third-person singular of serenade

as in croons

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Recent Examples of serenades

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 Across from the San Francisco Giants’ home base of Oracle Park, the audience swayed to British singer-songwriter Oliva Dean’s R&B-infused serenades at The One Party by Uber at Pier 48. —

Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026

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Noun

For the album, Simon enlisted John Forté, who died earlier this year, as well as Simon's son Ben, who appears on the project as a singer, musician, producer, and songwriter, in addition to her daughter Sally, who contributes vocals and created the cover artwork for the single.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Impressive also is the score from Tony Lewis and folk singer Jim Ghedi, including the uniquely haunting vocals from the latter.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 June 2026