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Synonyms for sound
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sound

    Sound is the sensation produced through the organs of hearing or the physical cause of this sensation. Sound is the most comprehensive word of this group, applying to anything that is audible. Tone is sound considered as having some musical quality or as expressive of some feeling; noise is sound considered without reference to musical quality or as distinctly unmusical or discordant. Thus, in the most general sense noise and sound scarcely differ, and we say almost indifferently, "I heard a sound," or "I heard a noise." We speak of a fine, musical, or pleasing sound, but never thus of a noise. In music, tone may denote either a musical sound or the interval between two such sounds, but in the most careful usage the latter is now distinguished as the "interval," leaving tone to stand only for the sound. Note in music strictly denotes the character representing a sound, but in loose popular usage it denotes the sound also, and becomes practically equivalent to tone. Aside from its musical use, tone is chiefly applied to that quality of the human voice by which feeling is expressed; as, he spoke in a cheery tone; the word is similarly applied to the voices of birds and other animals, and sometimes to inanimate objects. As used of a musical instrument, tone denotes the general quality of its sounds collectively considered.

    Synonyms:
    noise, note, tone

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. soundnoun

    the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

    "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"

    Synonyms:
    speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, risky, wildcat, unreasonable, uncomplete, unsound, invalid, incomplete, rotted, shallow, decayed, long, unrighteous, unhealthy, speculative, corroded, high-risk, bad, rotten

  2. sound, auditory sensationnoun

    the subjective sensation of hearing something

    "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

    Synonyms:
    speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, shallow, decayed, unsound, risky, uncomplete, unhealthy, corroded, invalid, bad, speculative, high-risk, unreasonable, long, wildcat, unrighteous, rotted, rotten, incomplete

  3. soundnoun

    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

    "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"

    Synonyms:
    speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, unsound, rotted, risky, corroded, incomplete, speculative, high-risk, invalid, bad, rotten, wildcat, uncomplete, unrighteous, unreasonable, shallow, decayed, long, unhealthy

  4. soundnoun

    the sudden occurrence of an audible event

    "the sound awakened them"

    Synonyms:
    speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, incomplete, speculative, invalid, rotted, unsound, rotten, long, wildcat, unreasonable, corroded, risky, bad, decayed, shallow, uncomplete, high-risk, unhealthy, unrighteous

  5. audio, soundnoun

    the audible part of a transmitted signal

    "they always raise the audio for commercials"

    Synonyms:
    sound recording, audio frequency, phone, audio recording, audio, strait, auditory sensation, speech sound

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, high-risk, unsound, incomplete, decayed, corroded, long, shallow, rotten, wildcat, invalid, speculative, risky, unhealthy, unrighteous, bad, rotted, unreasonable, uncomplete

  6. phone, speech sound, soundnoun

    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

    Synonyms:
    telephone, speech sound, earphone, telephone set, phone, audio, strait, headphone, auditory sensation, earpiece

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, risky, decayed, unrighteous, high-risk, unsound, rotted, bad, long, invalid, unreasonable, incomplete, corroded, wildcat, unhealthy, rotten, uncomplete, speculative, shallow

  7. strait, soundnoun

    a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

    Synonyms:
    straits, phone, audio, strait, auditory sensation, pass, speech sound

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, rotted, wildcat, high-risk, decayed, long, corroded, uncomplete, invalid, risky, incomplete, unsound, unreasonable, bad, speculative, shallow, rotten, unrighteous, unhealthy

  8. soundadjective

    a large ocean inlet or deep bay

    "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

    Synonyms:
    speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unsound, high-risk, rotten, corroded, invalid, risky, rotted, bad, decayed, unhealthy, unrighteous, long, unreasonable, speculative, shallow, wildcat, incomplete, uncomplete

  9. soundadjective

    financially secure and safe

    "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, speculative, unhealthy, unsound, rotten, invalid, shallow, unreasonable, corroded, decayed, rotted, uncomplete, wildcat, high-risk, long, risky, unrighteous, bad, incomplete

  10. healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, soundadjective

    exercising or showing good judgment

    "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

    Synonyms:
    levelheaded, reasoning(a), good, salubrious, well-informed, sizable, wakeless, well-grounded, sizeable, effectual, thinking(a), hefty, profound, healthy, heavy, reasoned, legal, respectable, intelligent, goodly, goodish, level-headed, tidy, good for you(p)

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, decayed, speculative, bad, incomplete, unhealthy, rotten, risky, rotted, long, wildcat, high-risk, shallow, unsound, invalid, uncomplete, unrighteous, unreasonable, corroded

  11. soundadjective

    in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

    "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, invalid, corroded, high-risk, risky, incomplete, unrighteous, long, rotted, unhealthy, unsound, rotten, uncomplete, bad, decayed, wildcat, unreasonable, shallow, speculative

  12. good, soundadjective

    in excellent physical condition

    "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"

    Synonyms:
    dear, good, beneficial, in effect(p), unspoiled, effectual, skillful, secure, serious, effective, wakeless, well-grounded, upright, legal, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, heavy, dependable, estimable, intelligent, expert, levelheaded, just, level-headed, healthy, proficient, full, honest, profound, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, ripe, safe, adept, reasoned, honorable, well(p), right, near

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, decayed, shallow, invalid, speculative, corroded, bad, rotted, rotten, unreasonable, risky, uncomplete, unsound, long, wildcat, unhealthy, unrighteous, high-risk, incomplete

  13. reasoned, sound, well-groundedadjective

    logically valid

    "a sound argument"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, unrighteous, decayed, unreasonable, shallow, unsound, wildcat, risky, invalid, unhealthy, corroded, rotted, rotten, bad, long, incomplete, uncomplete, speculative, high-risk

  14. legal, sound, effectualadjective

    having legal efficacy or force

    "a sound title to the property"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, effective, wakeless, efficacious, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, intelligent, level-headed, well-grounded, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, corroded, long, wildcat, unsound, unrighteous, unreasonable, bad, shallow, speculative, decayed, unhealthy, rotted, uncomplete, invalid, risky, high-risk, rotten, incomplete

  15. soundadjective

    free from moral defect

    "a man of sound character"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, rotten, unreasonable, unhealthy, decayed, uncomplete, corroded, bad, unsound, shallow, unrighteous, speculative, incomplete, high-risk, wildcat, invalid, risky, long, rotted

  16. heavy, profound, sound, wakelessadjective

    (of sleep) deep and complete

    "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

    Synonyms:
    laboured, sullen, laborious, reasoned, overweight, toilsome, effectual, intemperate, with child(p), wakeless, good, dense, grueling, unsounded, heavy(p), threatening, grave, legal, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, intelligent, grievous, fleshy, levelheaded, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, level-headed, gruelling, well-grounded, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, unfathomed, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, fundamental, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, unplumbed, punishing, gravid, big(p), healthy, lowering, leaden

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, speculative, unsound, unreasonable, invalid, high-risk, rotted, wildcat, corroded, decayed, rotten, incomplete, bad, long, unhealthy, shallow, unrighteous, uncomplete, risky

  17. soundverb

    thorough

    "a sound thrashing"

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unrighteous, unreasonable, rotten, shallow, unsound, uncomplete, decayed, wildcat, rotted, long, incomplete, bad, invalid, speculative, corroded, risky, unhealthy, high-risk

  18. soundverb

    appear in a certain way

    "This sounds interesting"

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unreasonable, bad, unhealthy, invalid, unsound, unrighteous, incomplete, shallow, uncomplete, speculative, wildcat, rotted, long, decayed, corroded, high-risk, rotten, risky

  19. sound, goverb

    make a certain noise or sound

    "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"

    Synonyms:
    drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, rifle, cash in one's chips, get going, kick the bucket, run, blend, function, lead, endure, live, pass away, perish, run short, survive, croak, plump, move, extend, conk, fit, vocalise, blend in, become, run low, conk out, locomote, break, proceed, last, decease, give out, go, depart, vocalize, give way, hold up, snuff it, pass, hold out, start, fail, expire, die, travel, break down, exit, fathom, live on, voice, go bad

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, wildcat, unreasonable, rotten, unrighteous, bad, uncomplete, decayed, shallow, rotted, invalid, long, unsound, corroded, risky, incomplete, high-risk, unhealthy, speculative

  20. soundverb

    give off a certain sound or sounds

    "This record sounds scratchy"

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unsound, wildcat, risky, decayed, long, unhealthy, invalid, corroded, uncomplete, bad, shallow, unrighteous, speculative, high-risk, rotten, incomplete, unreasonable, rotted

  21. soundverb

    announce by means of a sound

    "sound the alarm"

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, high-risk, incomplete, unhealthy, wildcat, rotted, corroded, speculative, long, decayed, bad, invalid, unrighteous, shallow, unreasonable, uncomplete, rotten, unsound, risky

  22. voice, sound, vocalize, vocaliseverb

    utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Synonyms:
    phonate, vocalise, enunciate, vowelize, voice, fathom, vocalize, go, articulate, vowelise

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, speculative, rotted, risky, long, unsound, shallow, bad, incomplete, unreasonable, decayed, unrighteous, invalid, corroded, unhealthy, wildcat, high-risk, uncomplete, rotten

  23. soundverb

    cause to sound

    "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unhealthy, unsound, speculative, long, risky, shallow, invalid, unreasonable, uncomplete, wildcat, unrighteous, rotted, high-risk, bad, corroded, decayed, rotten, incomplete

  24. fathom, soundverb

    measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, penetrate, voice, fathom, vocalize, bottom, go

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unhealthy, rotten, shallow, incomplete, speculative, high-risk, long, uncomplete, rotted, wildcat, risky, unsound, unreasonable, unrighteous, corroded, decayed, invalid, bad

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lilting

    a flowing sound

    the flute played a lilting tune

    Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  
  2. musicadjective

    name is every beat

    sounds of love

    Submitted by a.gaber4965 on April 5, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    whole, entire, unbroken, undecayed, uninjured, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong

  2. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    healthy, hearty, hale, hardy, vigorous, in health, in good health, not diseased

  3. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    sane, well-balanced

  4. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    correct, true, valid, solid, weighty, reasonable, rational, sensible, judicious

  5. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    established, fixed, well-grounded

  6. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    profound, unbroken, undisturbed, fast

  7. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    heavy, lusty, forcible

  8. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    orthodox, of the true faith, not heretical

  9. soundadjective

    Synonyms:
    soundly, profoundly

  10. soundnoun

    Synonyms:
    strait, narrows

  11. soundnoun

    Synonyms:
    air-bladder (of a fish)

  12. soundnoun

    Synonyms:
    noise, report

  13. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    resound, make a noise, give out a sound

  14. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    appear by the sound

  15. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    try the depth (of water), throw the lead

  16. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    cause to sound

  17. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    utter, express audibly

  18. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    celebrate (by sounds)

  19. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    measure, fathom, try the depth of

  20. soundverb

    Synonyms:
    examine, test, try

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How to use sound in a sentence?

  1. Scott Wren:

    That might sound like Ebineezer Scrooge, but sometimes all of that cheer needs a shot of reality along with the eggnog and this may be one of those times.

  2. David Asch:

    It turns out ChatGPT is sort of chatty, it didn’t sound like someone talking to me. It sounded like someone trying to be very comprehensive.

  3. Diana Graber:

    You hear that sound and you feel like you have to respond to it immediately, we have to remember that every time we do that, there's a child watching. Maybe it's a child that's not even watching yet but they're going to remember that that's a behavior that we have condoned.

  4. Rand Hindi:

    The biggest companies that were showcased were Samsung, Facebook, Microsoft ... there wasn't a single French company. They want big names, it's PR for the outside world, showing France can attract the best. I would have done the same if I were him. That's the only way for American and English newspapers to talk about us. But it did sound a bit off domestically.

  5. The CEO:

    In the past, we've had too much stability, we had people who never moved and turnover of 1 or 2 percent. That might sound good but it's actually not, because you don't have new ideas flowing through the place.


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