carol

1. 1.

   joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

   SynonymsChristmas carol

   Broaderreligious song
2. 2.

   a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)

   Broadersong

1. 1.

   sing carols

   “They went caroling on Christmas Day”

   Broadersing

   music

Other forms of carol

plural

carols·

past tense or participle

carolled

present participle

carolling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about carol

What does carol mean?

carol means "joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in carol?

carol has 2 syllables: car-ol. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkæɹəl/.

What is another word for carol?

Close synonyms include Christmas carol. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carol a common word?

carol is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with carol?

2 words rhyme with carol. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.