What is another word for descant?
948 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛskant], [ dˈɛskant], [ d_ˈɛ_s_k_a_n_t]
Descant, also known as an alto or counterpoint, refers to the melody that is sung or played above the main melody. Some synonyms for descant include harmony, counterpoint, and second voice. These terms are often used in music to describe the different parts of an arrangement. Another synonym for descant is obbligato, which is a musical term used for an instrumental part that is essential to a piece of music. Other synonyms include variation, improvisation, and embellishment, as they all involve adding something extra or complementary to the main melody. Finally, the term descant can also refer to a discussion of a particular topic, making synonyms such as commentary, discussion, and examination relevant as well.
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Similar words for descant:
- communication (noun)
- descant (noun)
- discourse (noun)
- hymn (noun)
- melody (noun)
- monologue (noun)
- talk (noun)
- tune (noun)
- chant (verb)
- discourse (verb)
- discuss (verb)
- narrate (verb)
- ramble (verb)
- sing (verb)
- speak (verb)
Synonyms for Descant:
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n.
• communication • descant • discourse • hymn • melody • monologue • talk • tune -
v.
• chant- Doxologized ,
- Doxologizing ,
- cantillated ,
- cantillates ,
- cantillating ,
- chorusses ,
- de scanted ,
- de scanting ,
- de-scanted ,
- de-scanting ,
- doxologizes ,
- in tone ,
- in toned ,
- in tones ,
- in toning ,
- in-tone ,
- in-toned ,
- in-tones ,
- in-toning ,
- re cite ,
- re cited ,
- re cites ,
- re citing ,
- re-cite ,
- re-cited ,
- re-cites ,
- re-citing .
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de claim ,
- de claimed ,
- de claiming ,
- de claims ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- de-claim ,
- de-claimed ,
- de-claiming ,
- de-claims ,
- dilate up on ,
- dilated up on ,
- dilated upon ,
- dilates up on ,
- dilates upon ,
- dilating up on ,
- dilating upon ,
- dis coursed ,
- dis coursing ,
- dis sert ,
- dis-coursed ,
- dis-coursing ,
- dis-sert ,
- dissertated ,
- dissertates ,
- dissertating ,
- disserted ,
- disserting ,
- disserts ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex pound ,
- ex pounded ,
- ex pounding ,
- ex pounds ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- ex-pound ,
- ex-pounded ,
- ex-pounding ,
- ex-pounds ,
- gave a meeting ,
- gave meeting ,
- gives a meeting ,
- gives meeting ,
- giving a meeting ,
- giving meeting ,
- holds forth ,
- re mark ,
- re marked ,
- re marking ,
- re marks ,
- re-marked ,
- re-marking ,
- re-marks .
- bounced off ,
- bounces off ,
- bouncing off ,
- compared notes ,
- compares notes ,
- comparing notes ,
- consulted with ,
- consulting with ,
- consults with ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- dis cept ,
- dis cuss ,
- dis cussed ,
- dis cusses ,
- dis cussing ,
- dis-cept ,
- dis-cuss ,
- dis-cussed ,
- dis-cusses ,
- dis-cussing ,
- discepted ,
- discepting ,
- discepts ,
- discoursed about ,
- discourses about ,
- discoursing about ,
- exchanged views on ,
- exchanges views on ,
- exchanging views on ,
- go in to ,
- groupthinked ,
- groupthinking ,
- groupthinks ,
- hashed over ,
- hashes over ,
- hashing over ,
- kicked about ,
- kicking about ,
- kicks about ,
- puts heads together ,
- putting heads together ,
- re view ,
- re viewed ,
- re viewing ,
- re views ,
- re-view ,
- re-viewed ,
- re-views ,
- reasoned about ,
- reasoning about ,
- reasons about ,
- thrashed out ,
- thrashes out ,
- thrashing out ,
- tosses around ,
- tossing around ,
- tost around .
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- dis close ,
- dis closed ,
- dis closes ,
- dis closing ,
- dis-close ,
- dis-closed ,
- dis-closes ,
- dis-closing ,
- gave account of ,
- gave an account of ,
- give account of ,
- gives account of ,
- gives an account of ,
- giving account of ,
- giving an account of ,
- makes known ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- re counted ,
- re counting ,
- re counts ,
- re hearses ,
- re late ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re ported ,
- re porting ,
- re veals ,
- re-counted ,
- re-counting ,
- re-counts ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-lated ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- re-ported ,
- re-porting ,
- re-veal ,
- re-veals ,
- sets forth ,
- telling a story ,
- telling story ,
- tells a story ,
- tells story ,
- told a story ,
- told story ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds .
- Prosed ,
- am diffuse ,
- are diffuse ,
- art diffuse ,
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- being diffuse ,
- de part ,
- de parted ,
- de parting ,
- de parts ,
- de-part ,
- de-parted ,
- de-parting ,
- de-parts ,
- ex curse ,
- ex cursed ,
- ex curses ,
- ex cursing ,
- ex-curse ,
- ex-cursed ,
- ex-curses ,
- ex-cursing ,
- excursed ,
- excursing ,
- gat off subject ,
- gat off the subject ,
- gat subject ,
- gat the subject ,
- get off subject ,
- get subject ,
- get the subject ,
- gets off subject ,
- gets off the subject ,
- gets subject ,
- gets the subject ,
- getting off subject ,
- getting off the subject ,
- getting subject ,
- getting the subject ,
- go and on ,
- go off tangent ,
- go on on ,
- go on tangent ,
- go tangent ,
- goes and on ,
- goes off on tangent ,
- goes off tangent ,
- goes on and on ,
- goes on on ,
- goes on tangent ,
- goes tangent ,
- going and on ,
- going off on tangent ,
- going off tangent ,
- going on and on ,
- going on on ,
- going on tangent ,
- going tangent ,
- got off subject ,
- got off the subject ,
- got subject ,
- got the subject ,
- gotten off subject ,
- gotten off the subject ,
- gotten subject ,
- gotten the subject ,
- is diffuse ,
- lose thread ,
- loses the thread ,
- loses thread ,
- losing the thread ,
- losing thread ,
- lost the thread ,
- lost thread ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- rant rave ,
- ranted and rave ,
- ranted rave ,
- ranting and rave ,
- ranting rave ,
- rants and rave ,
- rants rave ,
- rattled on ,
- rattles on ,
- talk off top head ,
- talk top head ,
- talk top of head ,
- talked nonsense ,
- talked off top head ,
- talked off top of head ,
- talked randomly ,
- talked top head ,
- talked top of head ,
- talking nonsense ,
- talking off top head ,
- talking off top of head ,
- talking randomly ,
- talking top head ,
- talking top of head ,
- talks nonsense ,
- talks off top head ,
- talks off top of head ,
- talks randomly ,
- talks top head ,
- talks top of head ,
- was diffuse ,
- wast diffuse ,
- went and on ,
- went off on tangent ,
- went off tangent ,
- went on and on ,
- went on on ,
- went on tangent ,
- went tangent ,
- were diffuse ,
- wert diffuse .
- Re-sound ,
- belted out ,
- belting out ,
- belts out ,
- burst in to song ,
- bursted in to song ,
- bursted into song ,
- bursting in to song ,
- bursting into song ,
- bursts in to song ,
- bursts into song ,
- canaried ,
- canarying ,
- choiring ,
- dueted ,
- dueting ,
- lift a voice ,
- lift up voice ,
- lift voice ,
- lifted a voice ,
- lifted up a voice ,
- lifted up voice ,
- lifted voice ,
- lifting a voice ,
- lifting up a voice ,
- lifting up voice ,
- lifting voice ,
- lifts a voice ,
- lifts up a voice ,
- lifts up voice ,
- lifts voice ,
- lined out ,
- lines out ,
- lining out ,
- lullabied ,
- lullabying ,
- made melody ,
- makes melody ,
- making melody ,
- re sound ,
- re sounding ,
- re sounds ,
- re-sounded ,
- re-sounding ,
- re-sounds ,
- singsonging .
- brake silence ,
- breaking silence ,
- breaks silence ,
- broke silence ,
- de clare ,
- de clares ,
- de liver ,
- de livered ,
- de livering ,
- de livers ,
- de-clare ,
- de-clares ,
- de-liver ,
- de-livered ,
- de-livering ,
- de-livers ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressing ,
- makes public ,
- open one mouth ,
- open ones mouth ,
- opened mouth ,
- opened one mouth ,
- opened one's mouth ,
- opened ones mouth ,
- opening mouth ,
- opening one mouth ,
- opening one's mouth ,
- opening ones mouth ,
- opens mouth ,
- opens one mouth ,
- opens one's mouth ,
- opens ones mouth ,
- popping off ,
- pops off ,
- put in to words ,
- puts in to words ,
- puts into words ,
- putting in to words ,
- putting into words ,
- spake one piece ,
- spake one's piece ,
- spake ones piece ,
- spake piece ,
- speak one piece ,
- speak ones piece ,
- speak piece ,
- speaking one piece ,
- speaking one's piece ,
- speaking ones piece ,
- speaking piece ,
- speaks one piece ,
- speaks one's piece ,
- speaks ones piece ,
- speaks piece ,
- spoke one piece ,
- spoke one's piece ,
- spoke ones piece ,
- spoke piece ,
- yakkety yakked ,
- yakkety yakking ,
- yakkety yaks ,
- yakkety-yakked ,
- yakkety-yakking ,
- yakkety-yaks ,
- yakketyyak ,
- yakketyyakked ,
- yakketyyakking ,
- yakketyyaks .
Other synonyms:
- accompaniment ,
- arpeggio ,
- breakbeat ,
- cadence ,
- counterpoint ,
- excerpt ,
- harmony ,
- leitmotif ,
- loop ,
- middle eight ,
- overture ,
- part ,
- phrase ,
- prelude ,
- repeat ,
- reprise ,
- rest ,
- riff ,
- sample ,
- signature ,
- theme ,
- vocal ,
- voluntary .
- piece .
Other relevant words:
- Altercated ,
- Altercating ,
- Blathered ,
- Caroled ,
- Carolled ,
- Carolling ,
- Chorused ,
- Chorusing ,
- Discept ,
- Doxologize ,
- Excurse ,
- Hymned ,
- Hymning ,
- Mooted ,
- Mooting ,
- Mouthed ,
- Prosing ,
- Purred ,
- Purring ,
- Serenaded ,
- Serenading ,
- Solos ,
- Trolled ,
- Trolling ,
- altercate ,
- altercates ,
- be diffuse ,
- beat around bush ,
- belt out ,
- blathering ,
- bounce off ,
- burst into song ,
- canaries ,
- canary ,
- cantillate ,
- caroling ,
- chant ,
- choir ,
- choired ,
- choirs ,
- compare notes ,
- consult with ,
- discourse about ,
- discuss ,
- drone ,
- exchange views on ,
- excurses ,
- get off the subject ,
- get together ,
- give an account of ,
- go astray ,
- go off on tangent ,
- go on and on ,
- goes astray ,
- going astray ,
- groupthink ,
- hash over ,
- kick about ,
- knock around ,
- lift up a voice ,
- line out ,
- lose the thread ,
- lullaby ,
- made known ,
- make known ,
- make melody ,
- making known ,
- moot ,
- moots ,
- narrate ,
- put heads together ,
- ramble ,
- rant and rave ,
- rattle on ,
- rattling on ,
- reason about ,
- set forth ,
- setting forth ,
- sing ,
- singing ,
- singsong ,
- singsonged ,
- singsongs ,
- solo ,
- soloed ,
- soloing ,
- speak ,
- talk nonsense ,
- talk off top of head ,
- talk randomly ,
- tell a story ,
- tell story ,
- thrash out ,
- toss around ,
- tossed around ,
- ventilate ,
- went astray ,
- yodel .
- Dissert ,
- Lectured ,
- Re-mark ,
- commentate ,
- commentated ,
- commentates ,
- commentating ,
- dilate upon ,
- dissertate ,
- expound ,
- give a meeting ,
- give meeting ,
- harangue ,
- held forth ,
- hold forth ,
- holding forth .
- Canzonet ,
- Melodia ,
- Pandect ,
- Prolegomenon ,
- Ritornello ,
- Sol-fa ,
- Sonatina ,
- Tractate ,
- Undersong ,
- absolute music ,
- accurate ,
- adaptation ,
- address ,
- advance ,
- aggrandize ,
- aim ,
- air ,
- air varie ,
- aleatory ,
- aleatory music ,
- alto ,
- amplify ,
- annotation ,
- anthem ,
- apercu ,
- approximately ,
- argue ,
- aria ,
- around ,
- arrangement ,
- article ,
- ballad ,
- baritone ,
- bass ,
- basso continuo ,
- basso ostinato ,
- bassus ,
- branch out ,
- breed ,
- canticle ,
- canto ,
- cantus ,
- careful ,
- carol ,
- causerie ,
- chamber music ,
- chamber orchestra ,
- chirp ,
- chirrup ,
- chorale ,
- chorus ,
- circumstantial ,
- clarify ,
- close ,
- colloquy ,
- comment ,
- comment upon ,
- commentary ,
- composition ,
- construe ,
- consult ,
- continuo ,
- contralto ,
- converse ,
- criticise ,
- criticism ,
- criticize ,
- critique ,
- croon ,
- deal with ,
- declaim ,
- delicate ,
- deliver ,
- descriptive ,
- detail ,
- detailed ,
- develop ,
- diapason ,
- dilate ,
- dirge ,
- discourse ,
- discussion ,
- disquisition ,
- dissertation ,
- ditty ,
- do-re-mi ,
- effort ,
- elaborate ,
- electronic music ,
- elucidate ,
- enlarge ,
- enlarge upon ,
- enlarged ,
- essay ,
- etude ,
- evolve ,
- exaggerate ,
- examination ,
- exclusive ,
- excursus ,
- exercise ,
- expand ,
- expatiate ,
- explicate ,
- exposition ,
- express ,
- exquisite ,
- extend ,
- feature ,
- figured bass ,
- full ,
- go into ,
- ground bass ,
- handle ,
- harmonization ,
- homily ,
- hum ,
- hymn ,
- hyperbolic ,
- illustrate ,
- incidental music ,
- inflate ,
- inquire into ,
- instrumental music ,
- interpret ,
- intonate ,
- intone ,
- introduction ,
- invention ,
- itemized ,
- lay ,
- lecture ,
- lied ,
- lilt ,
- lucubration ,
- luxuriant ,
- mantra ,
- measure ,
- meliorate ,
- melodic line ,
- memoir ,
- meticulous ,
- minstrel ,
- monody ,
- monograph ,
- monologue ,
- morceau ,
- nocturne ,
- note ,
- ode ,
- opus ,
- orate ,
- orchestration ,
- outline ,
- paean ,
- paper ,
- paragraph ,
- part song ,
- particular ,
- particularize ,
- particularized ,
- personal ,
- pipe ,
- plain song ,
- plainchant ,
- plainsong ,
- poem ,
- poesy ,
- poetry ,
- preliminary study ,
- private ,
- production ,
- program music ,
- pronounce ,
- psalm ,
- quaver ,
- rant ,
- read ,
- recite ,
- refrain ,
- rehearse in extenso ,
- relate at large ,
- remark ,
- remark upon ,
- render ,
- research paper ,
- review ,
- ricercar ,
- roughly ,
- roulade ,
- round ,
- run out on ,
- say ,
- score ,
- screed ,
- serenade ,
- sermon ,
- sermonize ,
- set out ,
- shade ,
- shake ,
- sketch ,
- solmizate ,
- sonata ,
- song ,
- sonnet ,
- special ,
- specialize ,
- specific ,
- strain ,
- stress ,
- stretch ,
- string orchestra ,
- string quartet ,
- struggle ,
- study ,
- survey ,
- talk ,
- talk about ,
- tax ,
- tenor ,
- term paper ,
- theme and variations ,
- thesis ,
- thorough ,
- thorough bass ,
- tone ,
- touch upon ,
- tract ,
- treat ,
- treatise ,
- treatment ,
- treble ,
- tremolo ,
- trill ,
- trio ,
- troll ,
- tune ,
- tweedle ,
- tweedledee ,
- twit ,
- understand ,
- unfold ,
- vamp ,
- variation ,
- verse ,
- vocalise ,
- vocalize ,
- voice ,
- voice part ,
- whistle ,
- work ,
- work out ,
- write up ,
- yodeling .
- Gassed ,
- Lipping ,
- break silence ,
- gassing ,
- lipped ,
- made public ,
- make public ,
- making public ,
- open mouth ,
- open one's mouth ,
- pop off ,
- popped off ,
- put into words ,
- speak one's piece ,
- spieled ,
- spieling ,
- spoke ,
- yakkety yak ,
- yakkety-yak .
- Alleluia ,
- Canticles ,
- Falsettos ,
- Hosannas ,
- Lieder ,
- alleluias ,
- backup ,
- chalk talk ,
- choral ,
- chorales ,
- chorals ,
- coloratura ,
- coloraturas ,
- evensong ,
- evensongs ,
- expatiation ,
- falsetto ,
- hallelujah ,
- hallelujahs ,
- hosanna ,
- littany ,
- music ,
- musical accompaniment ,
- oratorio ,
- oratorios ,
- peroration ,
- perorations ,
- screeds ,
- singers ,
- song of praise ,
- support ,
- trebles ,
- worship song .
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How to use "Descant" in context?
The descant is a type of vocal solo in which a singer or instrumentalist sings a melody line below the main vocal line of a song. It is often used in Baroque and Classical music to support the main vocal line and to create a fuller sound.
Homophones for Descant:
- decant, discant, dehiscent, detachment, Deoxygenate, desiccant, desquamate, desmid, dignity, designated, decimate, dockhand, dachshund, deckhand, disseminate, duty assignment, disunite, discount, disunity, Dika Nut, descent, dismount, disjoined, discussant, dig into, dissonate, designate, discommode, disjointed, doughnut, Docent, dissonant, descend, dismayed, dissent, document, documented, disowned, Djanet, designed, disjoint, decent, disownment, Desmond Tutu, disunited.
Hyponym for Descant:
n.
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communication
backup, accompaniment, support, musical accompaniment.
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communication
v.
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communication
discourse, talk about, discuss.
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creation
sing.
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communication
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