CAROLS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

carols 1 of 2

noun

plural of carol

as in hymns

a religious song sang carols at the Christmas Eve service

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2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of carol

as in chants

to produce musical sounds with the voice she caroled with glee when she heard the good news

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as in praises

to proclaim the glory of landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley

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Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats. — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 The inspiring and idiosyncratic debut from a 53-year-old priest in Greece pinballs between drone metal and techno Christmas carols, field recordings and hymns. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops. — Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026 During the Christmas holidays, children from the village comes to sing South Tyrolean carols in exchange for sweet treats, a local tradition that’s sort of like a South Tyrolean Halloween. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 Onscreen, contestants raced to solve word puzzles, spinning the wheel of fortune and following clues about Christmas carols. — Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026 Rutter is especially known for his original Christmas music as well as his choral arrangements of Christmas carols, and the program included some of that repertoire. — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carols

Noun

The scholar of religion Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) noticed that many Vedic hymns praise different deities using the same superlatives and ascribe to them the same mythological feats.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Avie Lee filled the family's two-room home with music by singing hymns, folk songs and traditional mountain music.

— Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Eurylochus chants this on the seas after the crew leaves the island of the sun god’s cattle.

— Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
The ballroom at the Westin Perimeter North is packed with people sporadically breaking out in Rick Jackson chants from time to time.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 June 2026

Definition of chants

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Dolly Parton, the brilliant songwriter and beloved country singer who has died at age 80, wrote one of the great anthems of the American working class.

— John Nichols, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
The musical features an original score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, drawing on protest anthems, pop, rock, disco and the Welsh choral tradition.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of anthems

Verb

In so doing it recodes the aesthetic flows the museum celebrates here as of course made visible by newly total conditions of capitalist flow.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
By bringing together entrepreneurs, artisans, organizations, and residents, the event creates a vibrant marketplace that celebrates the unique character of Lake Barrington and the surrounding communities.

— Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebrates

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Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Because the psalms were originally accompanied by instruments, scholars’ best guess is that selah was some sort of musical marking.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of psalms

Verb

When Mother Nature blesses the area with heavy snow, tee up for a day of skiing at nearby Windham and Hunter mountains, post up with s’mores in front of the fire pits on the property, or unwind in its Finnish-style sauna.

— Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer blesses your 11th house of friends, community and long-term hopes, making collaboration warmer and all the more promising.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

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