singer

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/ˈsɪŋə/

noun 6name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

accomplished, fine, good, great, talented | chart-topping, famous, popular, well-known | amateur, professional

backing, lead

The backing singers provided beautiful harmonies throughout the concert performance.

blues, carol, country (and western), folk, gospel, jazz, opera, pop, rock, soul | cabaret, nightclub, pub

SINGER + VERB

perform sth

The opera singer will perform at the concert next Friday evening.

Definitions

noun

A person who sings, often professionally.

It's the singer, not the song.

dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

noun

A person who, or device which, singes.

A machine for singeing cloth.

name

A surname originating as an occupation.

Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.

A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who sings

vocalist
vocalizer
vocaliser

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bathroom singer

A person with mediocre or amateur singing capabilities.

Example Bank

It's the singer, not the song.

Wiktionary

Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.

Wiktionary

They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.

Wiktionary

Everyone regarded him as a great singer.

Tatoeba · #22131

A bad cold caused the singer to lose his voice.

Tatoeba · #23913

Everyone called out to the singer for an encore.

Tatoeba · #23914

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, singer is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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