| Main Entry: | resound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resonate |
Synonyms: |
boom, bounce back, echo, reproduce, reverberate, ring, sound, vibrate |
| Notes: | resonate means 'to expand, to intensity, or amplify the sound of,' whereas resound means 'to throw back, repeat, the sound of' |
| Main Entry: | resounding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resonant |
Synonyms: |
beating, booming, clangorous, consonant, deep, deep-toned, earsplitting, echoing, electrifying, emphatic, enhanced, forceful, full, heightened, intensified, loud, mellow*, noisy, orotund, plangent, powerful, profound, pulsating, pulsing, reverberant, reverberating, rich, ringing, roaring, rotund, round, sonorant, sonorous, stentorian, strident, thrilling, throbbing, thundering, thunderous, vibrant |
| Main Entry: | audible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be heard |
Synonyms: |
aural, auricular, clear, deafening, detectable, discernible, distinct, hearable, loud, loud enough, perceptible, plain, resounding, roaring, sounding, within earshot |
Antonyms: |
inaudible |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
Synonyms: |
boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder |
Antonyms: |
tap |
| Main Entry: | blare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make loud noise |
Synonyms: |
bark, bellow, blast, boom, bray, clamor, clang, honk, hoot, peal, resound, roar, scream, shout, shriek, sound out, toot, trumpet |
Antonyms: |
toot |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make loud sound |
Synonyms: |
bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
Synonyms: |
bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
Synonyms: |
ape, ditto*, do like, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, rubber-stamp, second, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | emphatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insistent, unequivocal |
Synonyms: |
absolute, accented, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, for a face, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, no mistake, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, resounding, significant, sober, solemn, stressed, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, resonant in sound |
Synonyms: |
cavernous, clangorous, dull, echoing, flat, ghostly, low, muffled, mute, muted, resounding, reverberant, ringing, roaring, rumbling, sepulchral, sounding, thunderous, toneless, vibrant, vibrating |
Antonyms: |
high, light, soft |