Thesaurus:sibilant

Thesaurus

sibilant

English

Adjective

Sense: characterized by a hissing sound

Synonyms

• hissing
• hissy
• sibilatory
• sibilant
• sibilous

Hyponyms

• fizzly
• sizzly
• swishy
• swooshy
• whispery
• whistly
• whizzy
• whooshy
• zippy
• zingy

Various

• snakelike

Further reading

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