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crooner

crooner

13 7.0
A singer, usually male, who sings soft, smooth love songs
  • noun
  • /ˈkruːnər/
translation icon : crooner
  • Tuesday, pop/country crooners Rodney Crowell and Danielle Miraglia take the stage at 8 p.m.
  • country crooner
  • R&B crooner
  • a sexy crooner

I did a show called The Crooners, which is about two sort of Rat Pack style performance lounge singers.

Examples

  • Frank Sinatra is often regarded as the greatest crooner of all time due to his smooth voice and romantic ballads.

  • Johnny Favorite was a crooner, like you said.

    Angel Heart (1987)

  • He was a crooner before the war.

    Angel Heart (1987)

  • The country crooner was also noted for his attractive features in the magazine's 2008 and 2010 lists.

    Blog text (23)

  • Anyway, I'm just an old fashioned crooner.

    The Stud (1978)

  • After work, he assumed a second self: now he was the romantic crooner Steve Harold, whose great desire was to become a world-famous singer.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • TONY (reading article): "Larry Leonard, a crooner who made a name for himself for being able to sing in six different languages the song 'Only You.'"

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Country crooner LeAnn Rimes is one of the most infamous stepmothers in Hollywood.

    Blog text (20)

  • Fans of jazz and pop music adore the melodious tunes sung by the famous crooner Michael Bublé.

  • Many young singers today aspire to have the smooth style of a classic crooner like Nat King Cole.

Synonyms

singer
vscrooner
787 1.0

A person who uses their voice to make music, often on stage

focuses on sentimental popular songs with a soft smooth voice
vocalist
vscrooner
37 3.0

A person who sings, often in a band or group

is solo style focused on sentimental songs and a soft smooth voice

Antonyms

shouter
2 3.9

A person who speaks very loudly to be heard

How Romantic

serenader
7.6
crooner
13 7.0

Surface Forms

crooner singular
crooners plural

Morphology

crooner = croon (transparent) = croon + er

Standard agentive formation: 'croon' + '-er' straightforwardly yields 'one who croons'.

Etymology

Crooner comes from croon, which means to sing softly like a quiet 'hum', plus -er for the person who does it. So a crooner is a singer with a smooth, gentle voice who often sings sentimental songs.