hymn meaning

hymn as a noun

1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

   Synonyms: anthem

   Type of: religious song

   Kinds: dithyramb, doxology, chorale, canticle, Dies Irae, hymeneal, Internationale, paean, recessional, Te Deum

hymn as a verb

1. sing a hymn

   Type of: sing

2. praise by singing a hymn
   • They hymned their love of God

   Type of: laud

How to pronounce hymn

hymn is pronounced /hɪm/ in British English and /hɪm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with hymn

• trim
• grim
• dim
• rim
• skim
• swim
• gym
• brim
• limb
• shim
• slim
• whim
• vim
• limn
• prim
• prelim
• patronym