choirboy
Young church singer
A choirboy is a boy who sings in a church or cathedral choir.
The term often appears figuratively to describe someone notably innocent, pure, or well-behaved: He's no choirboy suggests a person has a questionable past or isn't as virtuous as they might appear.
Highest female voice range
- altoLower female voice
- trebleHigh frequency range
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
anthem · cantata · motet · oratorio · acapella · polyphony · descant · psalms
Bishop's principal church
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- chapelSmall worship room
- altarSacred ritual table
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
vestments · clergy · acolyte · incense · sanctuary · sacristy · surplice · ruff
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
- cherubicInnocently sweet-faced
childlike · ingenuous · unworldly · trustful · unspoiled · unaffected · artless · pure
Male student, typically young
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- youngsterPerson of tender years
- preteenChild approaching adolescence
- juvenileYoung person or animal
minor · prepubescent · student · lad · puberty · scholarship · audition · training
soprano
Highest female voice range
hymns · anthem · cantata · motet · oratorio · acapella · polyphony · descant · psalms · canticle
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
cassock · vestments · clergy · acolyte · incense · sanctuary · sacristy · surplice · ruff · procession
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
cherubic · childlike · ingenuous · unworldly · trustful · unspoiled · unaffected · artless · pure · blameless
schoolboy
Male student, typically young
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- youngsterPerson of tender years
- preteenChild approaching adolescence
juvenile · minor · prepubescent · student · lad · puberty · scholarship · audition · training · apprentice
- boyslad, laddie, son, youngster, youth
- church peoplepriest, parson, vicar, curate, rector
- vocalistssinger, vocalist, soloist, songstress, songster
- choir singersalto, soprano, tenor, treble, contralto
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- church singershymn singer, cantor, anthem singer, worship leader, precentor
choirboyrebel
Authority defier
troublemaker · delinquent · hellraiser · rabble-rouser · agitator
choirboyman of the world
Experienced, urbane individual
cynic · hustler · old hand · veteran · worldly-wise