vocalist
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈvoʊkəlɪst/
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cantante
- And that was Tina Wyatt, featured vocalist with Terry Rooney and his orchestra.
- vocalists sing
- vocalists perform
- instrumentalists and vocalists
My favorite, My favorite rock vocalist, though, is Anne.
- My favorite, My favorite rock vocalist, though, is Anne.
- It's almost as though we're trying to act like a a choir to a flagging lead vocalist.
- But do you feel this way that you underrated as a writer, as a a vocalist, as a musician?
- Guitar, I mean, is a voice, but it's not going to be a actual voice voice, you know, like a vocalist.
- I don't know if you know diamond to galas, but she's a very kind of like eccentric, powerful force of a vocalist.
Examples
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To date, we have worked with vocalists, rappers, dancers, poets, actors, and visual artists.
Academic text (2014) -
In my opinion, no one has since come even close to him as one of the great, primal rock vocalists of all time.
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My favorite, My favorite rock vocalist, though, is Anne.
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Well, I'm not the best vocalist.
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There is this vocalist Chris Dando who is in an earlier version of the band.
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Aren't you Willie Scott, the famous American vocalist?
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You know, a few years ago we had a young vocalist on our stage by the name of Elvis Presley.
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In general, women have been more accepted as jazz vocalists than as instrumentalists.
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I don't know if it's just this vocalist, but she's got a very soothing voice.
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The lead vocalist of the band captivated the audience with her powerful voice.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who uses their voice to make music, often on stage
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4.7
A performer who plays or sings alone for part of a piece
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4.5
A male singer with a low warm voice between tenor and bass
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7.0
A singer, usually male, who sings soft, smooth love songs
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4.1
A singer who leads a band and acts as its public face
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3.6
A boy who sings in a church choir, often in the high voice
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7.4
A professional performer, especially a singer or dancer who performs on stage
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3.0
A singer who performs traditional songs from a local culture
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6.1
A woman who sings popular songs
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9.0
A woman who sings in a stylish way in nightclubs or cabarets
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8.2
A person who sings long songs that tell a story
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3.8
A person who sings and often writes simple traditional songs, usually with a guitar
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7.5
A person, often a child, who sings in a church choir
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6.0
A person who sings or writes music
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7.1
A person who sings or chants to lead a group in a ceremony
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7.1
A person who sings using their voice as a musical instrument
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2.4
A girl who sings in a choir
A singer who sings German classical songs with piano
A person who sings or plays notes that match the main tune to make the sound richer
A person who writes and sings folk songs that tell stories
A person who sings or leads religious songs during a church service
A person who likes to sing alone in the bathroom
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vocalist comes from vocal, meaning 'of the voice', and the ending -ist, meaning 'a person who does something', as in pianist. So a vocalist is someone who uses their 'voice' to sing, a singer.