resounding - 20 thesaurus results
| 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, consonant, deep, earsplitting, emphatic, forceful, full, heightened, loud, mellow*, noisy, orotund, plangent, powerful, profound, rich, ringing, roaring, rotund, round, sonorous, stentorian, strident, thrilling, thunderous, vibrant, clangorous, deep-toned, echoing, electrifying, enhanced, intensified, pulsating, pulsing, reverberant, reverberating, sonorant, throbbing, thundering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | audible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be heard |
| Synonyms: | auricular, clear, deafening, discernible, distinct, loud, perceptible, plain, aural, detectable, hearable, loud enough, resounding, roaring, sounding, within earshot |
| Antonyms: | inaudible |
| Main Entry: | emphatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insistent, unequivocal |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, significant, sober, solemn, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous, accented, for a face, no mistake, resounding, stressed |
| Antonyms: | equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | insistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding |
| Synonyms: | assertive, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dire, dogged, emphatic, exigent, forceful, imperative, imperious, importunate, incessant, obstinate, peremptory, persevering, persistent, pressing, resolute, unrelenting, urgent, perseverant, reiterative, resounding |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | peal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chime, clang |
| Synonyms: | blast, carillon, clamor, clap, crash, reverberation, ring, roar, rumble, sound, thunder, tintinnabulation*, resounding, ringing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vibrant in sound |
| Synonyms: | beating, consonant, deep, earsplitting, full, loud, mellow, noisy, orotund, powerful, profound, rich, round, sonorous, stentorian, strident, thrilling, thunderous, booming, clangorous, deep-toned, echoing, electrifying, enhanced, heightened, intensified, plangent, pulsating, pulsing, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, ringing, roaring, sonorant, throbbing, thundering |
| Antonyms: | faint, quiet |
| Main Entry: | sonorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resonant |
| Synonyms: | loud, powerful, rich, rotund, booming, full-voiced, loud-voiced, resounding, reverberating, ringing, thundering |
| Main Entry: | loudly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | audibly |
| Synonyms: | aloud, cheaply, emphatically, fully, obtrusively, ostentatiously, powerfully, rudely, articulately, blatantly, boorishly, conspicuously, crashingly, deafeningly, ear-splittingly, garishly, gaudily, noisily, obstreperously, piercingly, resonantly, resounding, ringingly, showily, shrilly, tastelessly, tawdrily, theatrically, thunderingly, uproariously, vehemently, vociferously, vulgarly |
| Antonyms: | quietly, silently, inaudibly |
| Main Entry: | loud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blaring, noisy |
| Synonyms: | big, blatant, boisterous, cacophonous, clamorous, deafening, deep, emphatic, forte, full, heavy, intense, lusty, obstreperous, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, blustering, booming, crashing, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, full-mouthed, fulminating, high-sounding, loud-voiced, pealing, resounding, ringing, roaring, thundering, turned up, wakes the dead |
| Antonyms: | inaudible, low, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, resonant in sound |
| Synonyms: | cavernous, dull, flat, ghostly, low, muffled, mute, sepulchral, thunderous, vibrant, clangorous, echoing, muted, resounding, reverberant, ringing, roaring, rumbling, sounding, toneless, vibrating |
| Antonyms: | high, light, soft |
| Main Entry: | rotund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sonorous |
| Synonyms: | loud, resonant, booming, resounding |
| Main Entry: | vibrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | throbbing |
| Synonyms: | consonant, quivering, resonant, sonorous, aquiver, oscillating, palpitating, pulsating, pulsing, quaking, resounding, reverberant, ringing, sonorant, trembling |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | metallic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | suggestive of metal in sound |
| Synonyms: | resonant, bell-like, clanging, clangorous, resounding, ringing |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resonant, rich in sound |
| Synonyms: | consonant, full, mellifluous, orotund, rotund, sonorous, vibrant, plangent, resounding, ringing |
| Antonyms: | low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
| Synonyms: | boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder, make noise |
| 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, toot, trumpet, sound out |
| 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: | clash, clink, jangle, resound, reverberate, ring, toll, bong, make noise |
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, imitate, impersonate, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, second, vibrate, do like, go like, make like, rubber-stamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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