Singer
noun
1 singer
A person who sings.
synonyms: vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer.
Roget 416: musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel; bard etc. (poet) 597; [specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer†, trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper. band, orchestral waits. vocalist, melodist; singer, warbler; songster, chaunter†, chauntress†, songstress; cantatrice†. choir, quire, chorister; chorus, chorus singer; liedertafel [G.]. nightingale, philomel†, thrush; siren; bulbul, mavis; Pierides; sacred nine; Orpheus, Apollo†, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore; tuneful nine, tuneful quire. composer etc. 413. performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization†. ... show more
Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; labor of love; pleasure etc. 827. relaxation; leisure etc. 685. fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness†; heyday; laughter etc. 838; jocosity, jocoseness†; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit etc. 842; quip, quirk. [verbal expressions of amusement: list] giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation†; Kentish fire; tiger. play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine†, escapade, echappee [Fr.], bout, espieglerie [Fr.]; practical joke etc. (ridicule) 856. dance; hop, reel, rigadoon†, saraband†, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; [ballroom dances: list], minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere†; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis [U.S.], break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig [U.S.]; skirtdance†, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop†, galopade†; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey†; allemande [Fr.]; gavot†, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco†, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet etc. (drama) 599; ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. festivity, merrymaking; party etc. (social gathering) 892; blowout [U.S.], hullabaloo, hoedown, bat [U.S.], bum [U.S.], bust [Slang], clambake [U.S.], donation party [U.S.], fish fry [U.S.], jamboree [Slang], kantikoy†, nautch†, randy, squantum [U.S.], tear [Slang], Turnerfest†, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto†; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet etc. (food) 298; regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre [Fr.], regatta, field day; treat. round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. rejoicing etc. 838; jubilee etc. (celebration) 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam†; wayz-goos†, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras [Fr.], mi-careme [Fr.], feria [Lat.], fiesta. place of amusement, theater; hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom†; music hall. park, plaisance†; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) 737.1; arbor; garden etc. (horticulture) 371; pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum†, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe [Fr.]. game of chance, game of skill. athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism etc. (contention) 720; sports etc. 622; horse racing, the turf; aquatics etc. 267; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat†, croquet, golf, curling, pallone†, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain [Mediev.]; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell†. [childrens' games] leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper†, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers. ; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones†, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag &c.; billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle; bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain†, American bowls†; tenpins [U.S.], tivoli. cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique†, euchre, drole†, ecarte [Fr.], picquet†, allfours†, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston†; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun [Fr.]; quinze [Fr.], thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino†, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren†, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis†, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat. [cards: list] ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce; joker; trump, wild card. [card suits: list] spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit. bower; right bower, left bower; dummy; jackpot; deck. [hands at poker: list] pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush; misere &c.. [board games: list] chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles†, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire; game of fox and goose; monopoly; loto &c.; [word games: list], scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman. morra†; gambling etc. (chance) 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll etc. (puppet ) 554; teetotum†; knickknack etc. (trifle) 643; magic lantern etc. (show) 448; peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show†; toy shop; quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]. entertainer, showman, showgirl; dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man; vaudeville act; singer; musician etc. 416. sportsman, gamester, reveler; master of ceremonies, master of revels; pompom girl†; arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]; arbiter bibendi [Lat.], archer, fan [U.S.], toxophilite†, turfman†. ... show more
is a specific kind of: instrumentalist, musician, player.
is a broader term that covers: alto | baritone, barytone | bass, basso | canary | caroler, caroller | castrato | chorister | contralto | balladeer, crooner | folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour | hummer | lieder singer | madrigalist | opera star, operatic star | rapper | rock star | songster | soprano | tenor | thrush | torch singer | voice | warbler | yodeller ... show more.
instances of which are: Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey | Cash, John Cash, Johnny Cash | Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier | Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch, Marlene Dietrich | Bob Dylan, Dylan | Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald | Garland, Judy Garland | Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne, Lena Horne | Iglesias, Julio Iglesias | Jackson, Mahalia Jackson | Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson | Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, Jolson | Janis Joplin, Joplin | B. B. King, King, Riley B King | Harry Lauder, Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder | Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly, Ledbetter | Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone | Bob Marley, Marley, Robert Nesta Marley | Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti, Martin | Ethel Merman, Merman | Orbison, Roy Orbison | Edith Giovanna Gassion, Edith Piaf, Little Sparrow, Piaf | Paul Bustill Robeson, Paul Robeson, Robeson | Lillian Russell, Russell | Paul Simon, Simon | Bessie Smith, Smith | Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, Smith | Barbra Joan Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Streisand | Sarah Vaughan, Vaughan | Ethel Waters, Waters | Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams | Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynetter Pugh, Wynette ... show more.
derivation: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox | sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice | sing | vocalise, vocalize | sing | sing.
Dutch: zanger, zangeres
Polish: śpiewak, wokalista
2 Singer
United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875).
synonyms: Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer.
is an instance of: artificer, discoverer, inventor | manufacturer, producer.
3 Singer
United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991).
synonym: Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Moby thesaurus: Heldentenor, Meistersinger, alto, aria singer, artist, artiste, balladeer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso profundo, belly dancer, blues singer, burlesque queen, canary, cantatrice, cantor, caroler, chanter, chantress, choir member, choirboy, chorine, chorister, chorus boy, chorus girl, coloratura soprano, comic bass, conjurer, contralto, coryphee, countertenor, crooner, dancer, dancing girl, danseur noble, deep bass, diva, dramatic soprano, ecdysiast, entertainer, exotic dancer, feature attraction, female impersonator, first tragedian, geisha, geisha girl, guisard, guiser, headliner, heavy lead, hero, heroic tenor, heroine, hoofer, hymner, impersonator, improvisator, jeune premier, lead, lead singer, leading lady, leading man, lieder singer, magician, melodist, mezzo-soprano, minstrel, mountebank, mummer, musician, nautch girl, nightingale, opera singer, peeler, performer, prestidigitator, prima ballerina, prima donna, principal, protagonist, psalm singer, public entertainer, rock-and-roll singer, show girl, singstress, soloist, songbird, songster, songstress, soprano, star, stripper, stripteaser, stripteuse, superstar, tenor, thrush, torch singer, troubador, vaudevillian, vaudevillist, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, warbler, yodeler ... show more.
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