Colloquialism

• canary

  A female singer.

• thrush

  A woman who sings popular songs.

Also contains

• songster

  A person who sings.

• soprano

  A female singer.

• chorister

  A singer in a choir.

• crooner

  A singer of popular ballads.

• opera star

  Singer of lead role in an opera.

• alto

  A singer whose voice lies in the alto clef.

• madrigalist

  A singer of madrigals.

• tenor

  An adult male with a tenor voice.

• caroler

  A singer of carols.

• baritone

  A male singer.

• rapper

  Someone who performs rap music.

• castrato

  A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice.

• torch singer

  A singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs.

• voice

  (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it".

• folk singer

  A singer of folk songs.

• bass

  An adult male singer with the lowest voice.

• warbler

  A singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song.

• yodeller

  A singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs).

• lieder singer

  A singer of lieder.

• hummer

  A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words.

• contralto

  A woman singer having a contralto voice.

• rock star

  A famous singer of rock music.

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• voice

  The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract;...