singer
singer Lexical Profile
singer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who sings, especially one who performs vocal music professionally or before an audience.
"The lead singer captivated the audience with her powerful range and emotional delivery."
A bird or insect noted for producing melodious, musical, or rhythmic calls, such as a canary or cicada.
"The nightingale is celebrated across literature as one of nature's finest nocturnal singers."
A worker or machine that singes the surface of textiles or carcasses to remove loose fibers, nap, or hair.
"In the nineteenth-century cotton mill, the singer operated gas flames to smooth the woven cloth."
Word Nuance & Usage
The homograph 'singer' (pronounced with a soft 'g', /ˈsɪndʒər/) is a much rarer noun meaning a person or device that singes (slightly burns) cloth or hair, whereas the common word for a vocalist is pronounced /ˈsɪŋər/.
• Rhymes for singer
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'syngere', derived from the Old English verb 'singan' (to sing, chant) combined with the agentive suffix '-ere', tracing back to the Proto-Germanic root '*singwana'.