Synonyms for pulse
pʌlspulse

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1. pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulsenoun

   (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

   "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

   Synonyms:
   impulsion, impulse, beat, caprice, whim, momentum, nervous impulse, neural impulse, pulsation, heart rate, pulsing, heartbeat, nerve impulse, impetus, pulse rate, urge

2. pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beatnoun

   the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

   "he could feel the beat of her heart"

   Synonyms:
   beatnik, instant, metre, meter, impulse, beat, heartbeat, flash, musical rhythm, split second, round, pulsation, heart rate, wink, rhythm, measure, pulsing, jiffy, cadence, blink of an eye, pulse rate, trice, twinkling

3. pulse, pulse rate, heart ratenoun

   the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

   Synonyms:
   pulsing, heartbeat, pulse rate, heart rate, pulsation, beat, impulse

4. pulseverb

   edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

   Synonyms:
   pulsation, pulse rate, impulse, pulsing, heart rate, heartbeat, beat

5. pulsate, throb, pulseverb

   expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

   "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

   Synonyms:
   pulsate, shudder, throb, shiver, quiver, thrill, beat

6. pulse, pulsateverb

   produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

   "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

   Synonyms:
   beat, throb, quiver, pulsate

7. pulseverb

   drive by or as if by pulsation

   "A soft breeze pulsed the air"

   Synonyms:
   throb, pulsate

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Move
   • Produce

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pulsenoun

   Synonyms:
   beating or throbbing of an artery

2. pulsenoun

   Synonyms:
   legumes, fruit of leguminous plants

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "pulse":

   pulses, legumes, legume, impetus, heartbeat, impulse, momentum, leguminosae, pulsation, pulser, leguminous, blas, press, transponder

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1. Narendra Pratap Singh:

   This is how the Modi government is tackling price rise - by lifting (the) ban on a pulse that's medically proven to cause paralysis.

2. Anna Eskamani:

   You know, I represent Pulse Nightclub in my district. Every day we have young people who ask questions about what happened at Pulse, who was impacted by Pulse. It's so important that we can have these conversations and talk about every type of family within our schools.

3. Amanda Kloots:

   We had really great progress and then yesterday, I got a phone call saying that [Cordero]had aninfection in his lung, a new infection that caused his fever to spike way above normal, which caused his blood pressure to drop, which caused his heart to go into irregular patterns, he lost consciousness, he lost his pulse and they had to resuscitatehim.

4. Laurence Sterne:

   There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

5. Paul Casamassimo:

   By and large, symptoms are not a chronic thing. They come and go, and the job of the parent is to comfort the child, and keep their finger on the pulse of their child. Is the child eating? Staying hydrated?