Synonyms of descanting

descanting

verb

present participle of descant

1

as in speaking

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speaking
• lecturing
• talking
• expatiating
• discoursing
• declaiming
• orating
• haranguing
• holding forth
• soliloquizing
• taking the floor
• expounding
• reciting
• sermonizing
• pontificating
• disserting
• mouthing
• spouting
• filibustering

2

as in chanting

to produce musical sounds with the voice

the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chanting
• singing
• vocalizing
• carolling
• caroling
• warbling
• trilling
• quavering
• crooning
• lilting
• humming
• trolling
• slurring
• yodeling
• harmonizing
• serenading
• yodelling
• sharping
• scatting
• belting