Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chant
2 senses of chant
Sense 1
chant, intone, intonate, cantillate -- (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer")
=> sing -- (produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well")
Sense 2
tone, chant, intone -- (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again")
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")
Antonyms of adj chanted
1 sense of chanted
Sense 1
chanted -- (sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone; "a chanted psalm")
INDIRECT (VIA musical) -> unmusical, nonmusical -- (not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay")
Similarity of adj chanted
1 sense of chanted
Sense 1
chanted -- (sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone; "a chanted psalm")
=> musical (vs. unmusical) -- (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy")