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Choir

/kwaɪə(ɹ)/

Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.

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📖 Definitions of "Choir"

noun

1
Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
"The church choir practices Thursday nights."
2
The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
3
(Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
"Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels."
4
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

verb

1
To sing in concert.

🔄 Synonyms of "Choir"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
chorusnoun	A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
consortnoun	A husband, wife, companion or partner.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Choir"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
chorusnoun	A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
consortnoun	A husband, wife, companion or partner.
songnoun	(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
choralnoun	Alternative form of chorale. [(Christianity) A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.]
singingnoun	The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
voicenoun	Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
ensemblenoun	(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
clubnoun	(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
gleenoun	(uncountable) Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
scoutnoun	A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
churchnoun	(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
surpliced	Wearing a surplice.
parishnoun	(Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
springnoun	(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
roughshod	(by extension) Brutal or domineering.
sunnoun	The star that is closest to the Earth.
wailful	(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.
heartnoun	(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
gaynoun	An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
coralsnoun	(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.