Phrase guide

hit parade

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A series of many hits in a row that are scored by one team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • That’s going to do it for Smith as Jones joins the hit parade off him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A list of the most popular songs at the moment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, lifestyle, media, music, radio

Examples

  • Elvis joins the hit parade this week with his song “Hound Dog”.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a ranked list of the songs that are most popular at a given time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

4

noun

Meaning 4

a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: llista d’èxits — list of the most popular songs
  • Czech: hitparáda — list of the most popular songs
  • Dutch: hitparade — list of the most popular songs
  • Georgian: ჰიტ-აღლუმი (hiṭ-aɣlumi) — list of the most popular songs
  • Georgian: მუსიკალური ჰიტ-აღლუმი (musiḳaluri hiṭ-aɣlumi) — list of the most popular songs