Thesaurus:rumble

Thesaurus

rumble

English

Noun

Sense: a deep, continuous, repetitive sound

Detail: As of drums, thunder, galloping horses, machine gun fire, etc

Synonyms

• beating    [⇒ thesaurus]
• drumming
• grumbling
• rataplan
• rubadub
• rumble
• rumbling

Antonyms

• snap    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• drumbeat
• tattoo

Hypernyms

• clatter    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:humming
• Thesaurus:reverberation

Further reading

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