| Main Entry: | hale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong and healthy |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, alive and kicking, blooming, fit, fit as a fiddle, flourishing, healthy, hearty, husky, in fine fettle, in the pink, right, robust, sane, sound, stout, strapping, strong, trim, vigorous, well, well-conditioned, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
sick, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete, healthy |
Synonyms: |
alive and kicking, effectual, entire, firm, fit, flawless, hale, hearty, in the pink, intact, perfect, right, right as rain, robust, safe, sane, solid, stable, sturdy, substantial, thorough, total, unblemished, undamaged, undecayed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, up to snuff, vibrant, vigorous, vital, well, well-constructed, whole, wholesome, wrapped tight |
Antonyms: |
incomplete, infirm, unfit, unhealthy, unsound |
| Main Entry: | well |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, alive and kicking, blooming, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chipper, fine, fit, flourishing, fresh, great, hale, hardy, hearty, husky, in good health, in the pink, right, right as rain, robust, sane, solid as a rock, sound, strong, strong as an ox, together, trim, up to par, vigorous, whole, wholesome, wrapped tight |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
diseased, ill, sick, unhealthy |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
deaf, faint, loud, acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, distinct, dumb, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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Antonyms: |
silence |
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