What does "singer" mean?
A person who sings, often professionally.
Singer
/ˈsɪŋə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person who sings, often professionally.
- Grammar: singer is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: vocalist, aaliyah, alto, aria singer.
- Useful contrasts: instrumentalist, mute person, nonvocalist.
- Usage evidence: Everyone regarded him as a great singer.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who sings, often professionally.
"It's the singer, not the song."
- 2 A person who, or device which, singes.
- 3 A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
"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."
- 4 a person who sings wordnet
- 5 dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
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- 6 A machine for singeing cloth.
- 7 A motorcar from a former make of British motor car. UK
Proper Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 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).
Antonyms
Example
"Everyone regarded him as a great singer."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "singer"?
Common synonyms include: vocalist, aaliyah, alto, aria singer, artist, artiste.
How do you use "singer" in a sentence?
Everyone regarded him as a great singer.
How do you pronounce "singer"?
Pronounced /ˈsɪŋə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
Etymology 2
From singe + -er.
Etymology 3
From singer. * (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines * (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.