Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hymn

1 sense of hymn

Sense 1
hymn, anthem -- (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))
       => religious song -- (religious music for singing)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hymn

2 senses of hymn

Sense 1
hymn -- (sing a hymn)
       => sing -- (deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols")

Sense 2
hymn -- (praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God")
       => laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim -- (praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking")