Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adjective

The word "singing" can be used as noun, adjective, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

concert opera

Capable Of

quiet crying baby quiet crying child

Causes

anger attract other people's attention becoming hoarse being heard breaking glass change in mood deeper comraderie entertaining others generally horrible give people pleasure giving pleasure to other people group fun happiness heard hoarse voice joy for singer joyous feeling joyousness laughter listeners to enjoy music look funny lyrics to learned melodious sound music notes floating in air pain pass time rawness in throat relaxation soar throat sore throat sore throats sound emanations strained vocal chords throat problems using shower

Derived Terms

cursive singing

Inflected/Variant Forms

sing

Context

music us

Prerequisites

good voice having voice sound sounds talent and courage vocal chords voice

Has Property

nice one kind of musical expression similar to talking

Subevents

clap hands control pitch drop microphone entertaing others entertaining yourself or other people exercise voice forget right words forget words getting punched in face glass breaks have other people join in hit right note hum parts forgot imagining of being pavarotti impressing members of opposite sex open and close mouth open mouth sing in key standing in front of microphone tap foot vocal chords vibrate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

disclosure musical performance revealing revelation vocal music

Type Of (IsA)

action of human voice activity form of entertainment form of expression form of music good way to express yourself human activity intelligent agent activity making music musical performance musical talking performance performing art performing songs popular recreation vocal music way to express yourself

Receives Action

done by persons done by singer related to music

Related Terms

sing singing bowl singing bread song

Related Terms

another disclosing escape evidence flowing giving information musical produce shape note sing singing bowl smooth song sound steam vocalizing voice whistling

Similar Terms

melodic melodious musical

Synonym Network

cantabile sing tattle

Used For

birds celebrating cheering yourself up enjoyment entertaining entertainment expressing joy expressing sadness fun groups having fun individuals lamenting listening to music making joyful noise making music making music with mouth making music with others making other people happy making people happy people who sing good practicing singing praise and worship praising one's god sharing good news showing happiness showing off showing sadness telling story when happy

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