Thesaurus:sound

Thesaurus

sound

English

Noun

Sense: a sensation perceived by the ear

Synonyms

• noise
• sound

Antonyms

• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• silence    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stillness

Hyponyms

• abrupt sound    [⇒ thesaurus]
• animal sound    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prolonged sound    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• bang    [⇒ thesaurus]
• beep    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cheep
• clatter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• creak
• crunch
• din    [⇒ thesaurus]
• echo
• honk
• humming    [⇒ thesaurus]
• murmur    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ring
• rumble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rustle
• screech
• sibilation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sizzle
• snap    [⇒ thesaurus]
• squeak
• stertor
• susurrus
• tap    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ting
• tweet
• voice
• wah-wah
• zap

Hypernyms

• sensation    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• cacophony    [⇒ thesaurus]
• euphony    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:listen
• Thesaurus:make sound
• Thesaurus:utter

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  4 Class III. Words Relating to Matter

  4.1 Division III. Organic Matter

  Section 2. Sensation

  Subsection 2. Special Sensation

  Category 5. Sound

  Subcategory (i). Sound in General

  402. Sound

• “402. sound” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sound” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.