noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bird having a melodious song or call.

   "Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard"

2. 2
   any bird having a musical call wordnet
3. 3
   Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.
4. 4
   A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice. broadly, idiomatic

Synonyms

All synonyms

altoaria singeravifaunababy birdbaritenorbaritone

Example

More examples

"The blackbird is a well-known songbird."

Etymology

From song + bird.

Related phrases

Asian songbird crisis

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.