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VOCALIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who sings
Synonyms:
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vocalist" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalist"):
yodeller (a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs))
warbler (a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song)
voice ((metonymy) a singer)
torch singer (a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs)
thrush (a woman who sings popular songs)
tenor (an adult male with a tenor voice)
soprano (a female singer)
songster (a person who sings)
rock star (a famous singer of rock music)
rapper (someone who performs rap music)
opera star; operatic star (singer of lead role in an opera)
madrigalist (a singer of madrigals)
alto (a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef)
baritone; barytone (a male singer)
bass; basso (an adult male singer with the lowest voice)
canary (a female singer)
caroler; caroller (a singer of carols)
castrato (a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice)
chorister (a singer in a choir)
contralto (a woman singer having a contralto voice)
balladeer; crooner (a singer of popular ballads)
folk singer; jongleur; minstrel; poet-singer; troubadour (a singer of folk songs)
hummer (a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words)
lieder singer (a singer of lieder)
Instance hyponyms:
Madonna; Madonna Louise Ciccone (United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958))
Bob Marley; Marley; Robert Nesta Marley (Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981))
Dean Martin; Dino Paul Crocetti; Martin (United States singer (1917-1995))
Ethel Merman; Merman (United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984))
Orbison; Roy Orbison (United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988))
Edith Giovanna Gassion; Edith Piaf; Little Sparrow; Piaf (French cabaret singer (1915-1963))
Paul Bustill Robeson; Paul Robeson; Robeson (United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976))
Lillian Russell; Russell (United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922))
Paul Simon; Simon (United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942))
Bessie Smith; Smith (United States blues singer (1894-1937))
Kate Smith; Kathryn Elizabeth Smith; Smith (United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986))
Barbra Joan Streisand; Barbra Streisand; Streisand (United States singer and actress (born in 1942))
Sarah Vaughan; Vaughan (United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990))
Ethel Waters; Waters (United States actress and singer (1896-1977))
Hank Williams; Hiram King Williams; Hiram Williams; Williams (United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953))
Tammy Wynette; Tammy Wynetter Pugh; Wynette (United States country singer (1942-1998))
Huddie Leadbetter; Leadbelly; Ledbetter (United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949))
Harry Lauder; Lauder; Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder (Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950))
B. B. King; King; Riley B King (United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925))
Janis Joplin; Joplin (United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970))
Al Jolson; Asa Yoelson; Jolson (United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950))
Jackson; Michael Jackson; Michael Joe Jackson (United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958))
Jackson; Mahalia Jackson (United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972))
Iglesias; Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943))
Horne; Lena Calhoun Horne; Lena Horne (United States singer and actress (born in 1917))
Garland; Judy Garland (United States singer and film actress (1922-1969))
Ella Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald (United States scat singer (1917-1996))
Bob Dylan; Dylan (United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941))
Dietrich; Maria Magdalene von Losch; Marlene Dietrich (United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992))
Chevalier; Maurice Chevalier (French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972))
Cash; John Cash; Johnny Cash (United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003))
Bailey; Pearl Bailey; Pearl Mae Bailey (United States singer (1918-1990))
Derivation:
vocalism (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
