Synonyms of songs

songs

noun

plural of song

1

as in ballads

a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment

she sang a little-known song for the talent show

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in poems

a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect

the songs of Shakespeare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poems
• lyrics
• verses
• sonnets
• runes
• ballads
• rhymes
• poetries
• psalms
• odes
• madrigals
• elegies
• epigrams
• limericks
• pastorals
• dithyrambs
• eclogues
• jingles
• idylls
• haiku
• triolets
• epics
• pastorales
• villanelles
• English sonnets
• georgics
• tankas
• poesies
• rondeaux
• epodes
• lays
• senryu
• versifications
• clerihews
• eposes
• rondelets
• rondelles
• laments
• vers libres
• anacreontics
• free verses
• blank verses
• epopees
• minstrelsies

3

as in melodies

a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect

whistle a song as accompaniment to your work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• melodies
• tunes
• hymns
• lyrics
• airs
• ballads
• strains
• warbles
• lays
• rhythms
• cadences
• meters
• madrigals
• ditties
• descants
• measures

4

as in poetries

writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response

a hero honored in song and story

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poetries
• verses
• rhymes
• poesies
• minstrelsies
• vers libres
• free verses
• blank verses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of songs

The lessons of the civil rights movement, the language and songs of homelands, our stories, music and cuisines, have so much power. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

The project is built around songs that have maintained relevance in the cultural mainstream for decades, pairing each with a different collaborator. — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

The finished album also reaches much further back, reviving three previously unheard songs Young originally wrote in 1963 alongside newer compositions. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026

Only half a dozen titles open on the 100-position roster this week, though many more songs return. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

His songs have become part of the American soundtrack, turning up in movies, television, commercials and countless high school graduation videos. — Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

This annual throwdown features 11 bands, each one assigned a sequential year from the 1980s and tasked with offering their takes on songs released in that year. — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Petal picks up the thread of 2024’s eternal sunshine, not only in its brushstroke vocals, but in its thematic thread of toxic-relationship songs that act as a Trojan horse for musings on the ultimate toxic relationship of fame. — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026

But even relatively straightforward songs don’t sound like anything she’s done before. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 July 2026