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Table Of Contents: Anthem as a Noun Definitions of "Anthem" as a noun Synonyms of "Anthem" as a noun (9 Words) Usage Examples of "Anthem" as a noun Associations of "Anthem" (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Anthem” are: hymn, song, song of praise, chorale, psalm, paean, plainsong, chant, canticle
Anthem as a Noun
Definitions of "Anthem" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anthem” as a noun can have the following definitions:
A rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause. A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation. A solemn patriotic song officially adopted by a country as an expression of national identity. A musical setting of a religious text to be sung by a choir during a church service, especially in Anglican or Protestant Churches.
GrammarTOP.com Synonyms of "Anthem" as a noun (9 Words)
A hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a canticle church service.
The style of music consisting of chants. chant Gregorian chant.
A musical composition consisting of or resembling a harmonized version chorale of a chorale.
A book, film, or other composition praising someone or something. hymn A Hellenistic hymn to Apollo.
A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or paean thank a deity. A paean of praise for the great poets.
plainsong A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.
GrammarTOP.com One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of psalm Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David. A delightful setting of Psalm 150.
A musical composition suggestive of a song. song The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead.
song of praise A distinctive or characteristic sound.
Usage Examples of "Anthem" as a noun
We decided that the match would not have the anthems of either country as a prelude. The crowd stood and sang the national anthem. The song became the anthem for hippy activists.
GrammarTOP.com Associations of "Anthem" (30 Words)
Of or relating to the science of acoustics. acoustic Tyndall lectured on acoustics.
antiphon A musical setting of an antiphon.
aria An elaborate song for solo voice.
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Traditional ballads are ballad typically of unknown authorship having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
Sing Christmas carols. carol They went caroling on Christmas Day.
Sing in a choir. choir A clarinet choir.
Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir. choral A choral scholar.
GrammarTOP.com A musical composition consisting of or resembling a harmonized version chorale of a chorale.
Play chords on a stringed instrument. chord A G major chord.
A section of text spoken by the chorus in drama. chorus A growing chorus of complaint.
The coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage. ensemble A string ensemble.
Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. euphony The poet put euphony before mere factuality.
An organ stop with wooden or metal flue pipes producing a tone similar flute to that of a flute. What do you do she fluted.
A stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically guitar incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
Praise by singing a hymn. hymn A Hellenistic hymn to Apollo.
A type of German song, especially of the romantic period, typically for lied solo voice with piano accompaniment.
A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. lullaby She lullabied us, she fed us.
Sweet music; tunefulness. melody He picked out an intricate melody on his guitar.
The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts orchestration to the different musical instruments. The skillful orchestration of his political campaign.
Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly. piano The piano passages in the composition. playing The act of playing a musical instrument.
GrammarTOP.com Sing or celebrate in psalms. psalm He psalms the works of God.
(psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or rehearsal aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory. I ve had a fortnight in rehearsal.
A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. rendition Iroquois is a French rendition of an Algonquian word for rattlesnake.
An act or spell of singing. sing We sing along to all the songs.
The act of singing vocal music. singing The singing of hymns in Latin.
A musical composition suggestive of a song. song The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead.
A long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra. symphony Autumn is a symphony of texture and pattern. tremolo A mechanism in an organ producing a tremolo effect.
A stringed musical instrument of treble pitch played with a horsehair bow The classical European violin was developed in the 16th century It has violin four strings and a body of characteristic rounded shape narrowed at the middle and with two f shaped soundholes.
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