| anthem | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. anthem | a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school). |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ national anthem | a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation. |
| n. (communication) | 2. anthem, hymn | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation). |
| ~ dithyramb | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus). |
| ~ religious song | religious music for singing. |
| ~ doxology | a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God. |
| ~ choral, chorale | a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune. |
| ~ canticle | a hymn derived from the Bible. |
| ~ dies irae | the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath'). |
| ~ hymeneal | a wedding hymn. |
| ~ internationale | a revolutionary socialist anthem. |
| ~ pean, paean | (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity). |
| ~ recessional | a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw. |
| ~ te deum | an ancient liturgical hymn. |
| ballad | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ballad, lay | a narrative song with a recurrent refrain. |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ minstrelsy | ballads sung by minstrels. |
| n. (communication) | 2. ballad, lay | a narrative poem of popular origin. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ edda | either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology. |
| chant | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. chant | a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone. |
| ~ hallel | (Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh. |
| ~ hare krishna | a chant to the Hindu god Krishna. |
| ~ gregorian chant, plainchant, plainsong | a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ religious song | religious music for singing. |
| v. (communication) | 2. cantillate, chant, intonate, intone | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" |
| ~ singsong | speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong. |
| ~ sing | produce tones with the voice.; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" |
| v. (communication) | 3. chant, intone, tone | utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| lyric | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. language, lyric, words | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ love lyric | the lyric of a love song. |
| n. (communication) | 2. lyric, lyric poem | a short poem of songlike quality. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ ode | a lyric poem with complex stanza forms. |
| ~ strophe | one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama. |
| ~ antistrophe | the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem. |
| v. (creation) | 3. lyric | write lyrics for (a song). |
| ~ poesy, poetry, verse | literature in metrical form. |
| ~ indite, pen, write, compose | produce a literary work.; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" |
| ~ relyric | write new lyrics for (a song). |
| adj. | 4. lyric, lyrical | expressing deep emotion.; "the dancer's lyrical performance" |
| ~ emotional | of more than usual emotion.; "his behavior was highly emotional" |
| adj. | 5. lyric | used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range.; "a lyric soprano" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| adj. (pertain) | 6. lyric | relating to or being musical drama.; "the lyric stage" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| adj. (pertain) | 7. lyric | of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way).; "lyric poetry" |
| ~ poesy, poetry, verse | literature in metrical form. |
| song | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ religious song | religious music for singing. |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ anthem | a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school). |
| ~ aria | an elaborate song for solo voice. |
| ~ ballad, lay | a narrative song with a recurrent refrain. |
| ~ barcarole, barcarolle | a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers. |
| ~ refrain, chorus | the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. |
| ~ ditty | a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung). |
| ~ coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody, lament | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. |
| ~ drinking song | a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties. |
| ~ folk ballad, folk song, folksong | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture. |
| ~ lied | a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano. |
| ~ love-song, love song | a song about love or expressing love for another person. |
| ~ berceuse, cradlesong, lullaby | a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep. |
| ~ lyric, words, language | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" |
| ~ golden oldie, oldie | a song that was formerly popular. |
| ~ partsong | a song with two or more voice parts. |
| ~ prothalamion, prothalamium | a song in celebration of a marriage. |
| ~ roundelay | a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain. |
| ~ banquet song, scolion | a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet. |
| ~ serenade | a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman. |
| ~ torch song | a popular song concerned with disappointment in love. |
| ~ work song | a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work. |
| n. (event) | 2. song | a distinctive or characteristic sound.; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead" |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (act) | 3. song, strain | the act of singing.; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" |
| ~ vocal music | music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music). |
| ~ carol | a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ). |
| ~ cradlesong, lullaby | the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep. |
| n. (communication) | 4. birdcall, birdsong, call, song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird.; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" |
| ~ animal communication | communication between animals (of the same species). |
| ~ bell-like call | a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell. |
| ~ two-note call | a birdcall having two notes.; "the two-note call of the cuckoo" |
| n. (possession) | 5. song | a very small sum.; "he bought it for a song" |
| ~ buy, steal, bargain | an advantageous purchase.; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" |
| n. (group) | 6. song, song dynasty, sung, sung dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy. |
| ~ dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family. |
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