Phrase guide

lip sync

noun · verb · 3 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: singing

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Alternative form of lip-sync.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Examples

  • Debbie lip synced the theme song to All In The Family.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recording, transcription

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 咪嘴 (mai1 zeoi2) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假唱 (jiǎchàng) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Czech: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Dutch: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Finnish: huulisynkronointi — synchronization of music with lips
  • French: surjeu — synchronization of music with lips
  • French: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • French: play-back — synchronization of music with lips
  • German: Lippensynchronisation — synchronization of music with lips
  • Hebrew: לִיפּ סִינְק — synchronization of music with lips
  • Italian: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Italian: play-back — synchronization of music with lips
  • Japanese: 口パク (kuchi-paku) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Japanese: リップシンク (rippushinku) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Korean: 립싱크 (ripsingkeu) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Norwegian: leppesynkronisere — synchronization of music with lips
  • Persian: لب زنی — synchronization of music with lips
  • Persian: لبزنی (lab-zani) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Polish: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Portuguese: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Romanian: play-back — synchronization of music with lips
  • Russian: исполне́ние под фоногра́мму (ispolnénije pod fonográmmu) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Russian: липси́нк (lipsínk) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Slovak: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Slovak: plejbek — synchronization of music with lips
  • Spanish: playback (pléibak) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Spanish: sincronización labial — synchronization of music with lips
  • Spanish: fonomímica — synchronization of music with lips
  • Swedish: läppsynk — synchronization of music with lips
  • Swedish: playback — synchronization of music with lips
  • Turkish: pleybek — synchronization of music with lips
  • Ukrainian: викона́ння під фоногра́му (vykonánnja pid fonohrámu) — synchronization of music with lips
  • Vietnamese: nhép môi — synchronization of music with lips