serenades

Balcony love songs

Serenades are musical performances, traditionally songs sung outdoors at night beneath a loved one's window.

The word evokes romantic courtship—a suitor with a guitar hoping to win affection through melody.

More broadly, any performance meant to honor or charm someone: The band serenaded the newlyweds.

Birds may serenade the dawn; crickets serenade the night.

romantic

ballad

Narrative poem or song

balcony · suitor · sweetheart · troubadour · crooning · wooing · devotion · admirer · beloved · guitar

cultural

mariachi

Mexican folk ensemble

Spain · serenata · gondolier · Venice · Latin · flamenco · bolero · fado · tango · folk tradition

musical

melody

Pleasing sequence of notes

instrumental · strings · orchestra · chamber music · Mozart · classical · movement · ensemble · arrangement · performance

figurative

birdsong

Avian musical vocalizations

nature sounds · lullaby · wind · waves · whisper · soothing · ambient · gentle · calming · melodious

Categories
Opposites
manner of vocal delivery

serenadesshouts

Loud vocal outbursts

screams · yells · screeches · berates · bellows

romantic intent

serenadesrejects

Refuses or discards

spurns · insults · berates · scorns · rebuffs

acoustic quality

serenadescacophony

Harsh, clashing sounds

discordance · noise · din · clamor · racket

Family

serenade, serenaded, serenading, serenader, serenaders

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G