descants 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of descant
1
as in lectures
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

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2
as in chants
to produce musical sounds with the voice the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

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descants

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noun

variants also discants
plural of descant
1
as in madrigals

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as in observations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descants
  1. lectures
  2. chants
  3. choruses
  4. observations
  5. speaks
  6. sings
  7. arias
  8. remarks
Verb
  • Robert Pozen, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and was formerly president of Fidelity Investments, has an answer to the obvious question about who inspects this.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Khimasia is an independent curator who currently lectures at Rutgers University.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
Definition of lectures
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
Noun
  • Styles went on to play two verses and choruses of the song, originally released in 1974, and told the crowd to sing along on the first chorus.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On its Greek-music nights, Thalami offers the less polished version after midnight, when regulars and seasonal staff take over the choruses.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of choruses
Noun
  • With surveying capabilities more than 1,000 times faster than the Hubble Space Telescope, Roman will capture fundamentally different scientific observations that can’t be done with either Hubble or the James Webb Space Telescope.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Those observations will inform an aspirational future mission — the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to view Earth-like planets more than 1 billion times dimmer than their host stars.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of observations
Verb
  • Hers is a poetry that speaks from centuries of poetry, for its need for renewal, for its exits and entries into community, for its capacity to witness and invent, for the beauty of connection.
    — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The efforts speaks to the increasingly stringent — and desperate — measures public agencies and lawmakers in California are attempting in order to stem a troubling rise in e-bike incidents.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • In the 1974 song, Parton sings about a woman flirting with her man.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
  • With his raspy and raw vocals, the young talent sings about his real-life experiences in search of an organic connection with his community.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of sings
Noun
  • The opera contains five arias, and Baby Doe sings three big duets all set to a uniquely American melodies.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.
    — Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
Definition of arias
Noun
  • His latest remarks further solidify the central bank's hawkish position.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fed chair to speak in Wyoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver remarks this morning in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at an annual symposium.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of remarks
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“Descants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descants. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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