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sound
Overview of noun sound
The noun sound has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (36) sound -- (the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music")
2. (16) sound, auditory sensation -- (the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds")
3. (13) sound -- (mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them")
4. (11) sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")
5. (6) audio, sound -- (the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials")
6. (1) phone, speech sound, sound -- ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)
7. strait, sound -- (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
8. sound -- (a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast")
Overview of verb sound
The verb sound has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (39) sound -- (appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting")
2. (14) sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")
3. (9) sound -- (give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy")
4. (1) sound -- (announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm")
5. (1) voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise -- (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
6. sound -- (cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note")
7. fathom, sound -- (measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line)
Overview of adj sound
The adj sound has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (8) sound -- (financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy")
2. (3) healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound -- (exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision")
3. (1) sound -- (in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation")
4. (1) good, sound -- (in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body")
5. reasoned, sound, well-grounded -- (logically valid; "a sound argument")
6. legal, sound, effectual -- (having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property")
7. sound -- (free from moral defect; "a man of sound character")
8. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep")
9. sound -- (thorough; "a sound thrashing")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sound
8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
=> sound property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sound, auditory sensation
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> perception
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sound
=> mechanical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
audio, sound
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
strait, sound
=> channel
=> body of water, water
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
sound
=> body of water, water
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sound
7 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
=> noisiness, racketiness
=> ring
=> unison
=> voice
Sense 2
sound, auditory sensation
=> music, euphony
=> music
=> tone, pure tone
=> noise, dissonance, racket
Sense 3
sound
=> ultrasound
Sense 4
sound
=> bong
=> beat
=> beep, bleep
=> bell, toll
=> buzz, bombilation, bombination
=> chink, click, clink
=> chirp
=> chirrup, twitter
=> chorus
=> click-clack
=> clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
=> cry
=> ding
=> drip, dripping
=> drum
=> footfall, footstep, step
=> gargle
=> gurgle
=> jingle, jangle
=> knock, knocking
=> mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation
=> noise
=> paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> pat, rap, tap
=> patter
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> ping
=> plunk
=> pop, popping
=> purr
=> quack
=> quaver
=> ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
=> rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat
=> sigh
=> skirl
=> song
=> strum
=> susurration, susurrus
=> swish
=> tapping
=> throbbing
=> thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
=> thrum
=> thunk
=> tick, ticking
=> ting, tinkle
=> toot
=> tootle
=> trample, trampling
=> twang
=> vibrato
=> voice
=> vroom
=> whack
=> whir, whirr, whirring, birr
=> whistle, whistling
=> whiz
=> zing
=> zizz
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
=> phoneme
=> vowel, vowel sound
=> semivowel, glide
=> consonant
=> orinasal phone, orinasal
=> sonant, voiced sound
Sense 7
strait, sound
HAS INSTANCE=> Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont
HAS INSTANCE=> East River
HAS INSTANCE=> Bering Strait
HAS INSTANCE=> Bosporus
HAS INSTANCE=> Cook Strait
HAS INSTANCE=> Golden Gate
HAS INSTANCE=> Kattegatt
HAS INSTANCE=> Korean Strait, Korea Strait
HAS INSTANCE=> Menai Strait
=> narrow
HAS INSTANCE=> North Channel
HAS INSTANCE=> Skagerrak, Skagerak
HAS INSTANCE=> Solent
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Georgia
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Gibraltar
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Ormuz
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Magellan
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Messina
HAS INSTANCE=> Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, Pas de Calais
HAS INSTANCE=> Torres Strait
Sense 8
sound
HAS INSTANCE=> Long Island Sound
HAS INSTANCE=> Puget Sound
HAS INSTANCE=> Queen Charlotte Sound
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sound
8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
=> sound property
Sense 2
sound, auditory sensation
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
Sense 3
sound
=> mechanical phenomenon
Sense 4
sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 5
audio, sound
=> auditory communication
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
=> language unit, linguistic unit
Sense 7
strait, sound
=> channel
Sense 8
sound
=> body of water, water
Antonyms of noun sound
1 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
Antonym of silence (Sense 2)
=>silence, quiet
Member Holonyms of noun sound
Substance Holonyms of noun sound
Part Holonyms of noun sound
2 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 5
audio, sound
PART OF: television, telecasting, TV, video
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Member Meronyms of noun sound
Substance Meronyms of noun sound
Part Meronyms of noun sound
Meronyms of noun sound
Holonyms of noun sound
2 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 5
audio, sound
PART OF: television, telecasting, TV, video
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Attributes of noun sound
Derived Forms of noun sound
7 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#6
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#2
=> sound, go
Sense 2
sound, auditory sensation
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#6
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#3
=> sound
Sense 3
sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#6
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#2
=> sound, go
Sense 4
sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#6
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#2
=> sound, go
Sense 5
audio, sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#2
=> sound, go
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#5
=> voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#4
=> sound
Sense 8
sound
RELATED TO>(verb) sound#7
=> fathom, sound
Domain of noun sound
1 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
TOPIC>(noun) phonetics#1
Domain Terms of noun sound
Familiarity of noun sound
sound used as a noun is common (polysemy count =8)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sound
8 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
> sound property
=> sound
=> silence, quiet
=> musicality, musicalness
=> harmony
=> dissonance
=> pitch
=> registration
=> timbre, timber, quality, tone
=> volume, loudness, intensity
=> softness
=> rhythmicity
Sense 2
sound, auditory sensation
> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> threshold, limen
=> masking
=> vision, visual sensation
=> smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
=> taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
=> sound, auditory sensation
=> synesthesia, synaesthesia
Sense 3
sound
> mechanical phenomenon
=> inertia
=> leverage, purchase
=> sound
=> trajectory, flight
=> resistance
Sense 4
sound
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 5
audio, sound
> auditory communication
=> audio, sound
=> music
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> utterance, vocalization
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
> language unit, linguistic unit
=> discourse
=> word
=> syllable
=> lexeme
=> morpheme
=> formative
=> name
=> collocation
=> phone, speech sound, sound
=> sign
Sense 7
strait, sound
> channel
HAS INSTANCE=> Harlem River
=> canal
HAS INSTANCE=> English Channel
=> gut
HAS INSTANCE=> Hampton Roads
HAS INSTANCE=> Mozambique Channel
=> rill
=> strait, sound
=> tideway
=> watercourse
HAS INSTANCE=> Windward Passage
Sense 8
sound
> body of water, water
=> backwater
=> bay, embayment
=> channel
=> drink
=> estuary
=> flowage
=> ford, crossing
=> gulf
=> high sea, international waters
=> inlet, recess
=> lake
=> main, briny
=> mid-water
=> ocean
=> offing
=> polynya
=> pool, puddle
=> sea
=> seven seas
=> shoal, shallow
=> sound
=> stream, watercourse
=> territorial waters
=> waterfall, falls
=> waterway
Meronyms of noun sound
8 senses of sound
Sense 7
strait, sound
=> channel
=> body of water, water
HAS SUBSTANCE: water, H2O
HAS SUBSTANCE: hydrogen, H, atomic number 1
HAS SUBSTANCE: oxygen, O, atomic number 8
Sense 8
sound
=> body of water, water
HAS SUBSTANCE: water, H2O
HAS SUBSTANCE: hydrogen, H, atomic number 1
HAS SUBSTANCE: oxygen, O, atomic number 8
Holonyms of noun sound
2 of 8 senses of sound
Sense 5
audio, sound
PART OF: television, telecasting, TV, video
Sense 6
phone, speech sound, sound
PART OF: utterance, vocalization
Grep of noun sound
high fidelity sound system
instantaneous sound pressure
long island sound
plosive speech sound
puget sound
queen charlotte sound
sound
sound alphabet
sound barrier
sound bite
sound bow
sound camera
sound effect
sound film
sound hole
sound judgement
sound judgment
sound law
sound perception
sound pollution
sound pressure
sound pressure level
sound projection
sound property
sound ranging
sound recording
sound reflection
sound reproduction
sound spectrograph
sound spectrum
sound structure
sound system
sound truck
sound unit
sound wave
soundboard
soundbox
sounder
sounding
sounding board
sounding lead
sounding line
sounding rocket
soundlessness
soundman
soundness
soundtrack
speech sound
ultrasound
voiced sound
vowel sound
Antonyms of verb sound
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sound
7 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
=> look, appear, seem
=> be
Sense 2
sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 3
sound
Sense 4
sound
=> announce, denote
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sense 6
sound
Also See> sound off#2
Sense 7
fathom, sound
=> quantify, measure
=> carry, convey, express
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sound
4 of 7 senses of sound
Sense 2
sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 3
sound
=> cackel
=> play
=> dissonate
=> pierce
=> speak
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> chirk
=> quaver, waver
Sense 6
sound
=> play
=> blow
=> twang
=> prepare
=> gong
=> ting
=> strum, thrum
=> ring, knell
=> pop
=> clink
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sound
7 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
=> look, appear, seem
Sense 2
sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 3
sound
Sense 4
sound
=> announce, denote
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sense 6
sound
Also See> sound off#2
Sense 7
fathom, sound
=> quantify, measure
'Cause To' of verb sound
1 of 7 senses of sound
Sense 6
sound
=> sound, go
Derived Forms of verb sound
6 of 7 senses of sound
Sense 2
sound, go
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#5
=> audio, sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#1
=> sound
Sense 3
sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#2
=> sound, auditory sensation
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#1
=> sound
Sense 4
sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#6
=> phone, speech sound, sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#5
=> audio, sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#2
=> sound, auditory sensation
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#1
=> sound
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#6
=> phone, speech sound, sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sonant#1
=> sonant, voiced sound
Sense 6
sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#4
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#3
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#2
=> sound, auditory sensation
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#1
=> sound
Sense 7
fathom, sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sound#8
=> sound
RELATED TO>(noun) sounder#1
=> sounder
RELATED TO>(noun) sounding#1
=> sounding
RELATED TO>(noun) sounding#2
=> sounding
Domain of verb sound
Domain Terms of verb sound
Familiarity of verb sound
sound used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb sound
7 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
EX: John will sound angry
Sense 2
sound, go
EX: The woods sound with many kinds of birds
Sense 3
sound
*> Something ----s Adjective/Noun
*> Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 4
sound
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
sound
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
fathom, sound
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sound
5 of 7 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound
> look, appear, seem
=> make
=> cut
=> feel
=> pass off
=> sound
=> come across
=> glow, beam, radiate, shine
=> glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
=> leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out
=> rise, lift, rear
=> loom
=> feel
Sense 2
sound, go
> cause to be perceived
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> smell
=> odorize, odourise, scent
=> radiate
=> sound, go
=> project
Sense 4
sound
> announce, denote
=> denounce
=> meld
=> report
=> report
=> cry, blazon out
=> trump, trump out
=> blare out, blat out
=> call out
=> advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise
=> post
=> sound
Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
=> twang
=> devoice
=> raise
=> lilt
=> palatalize, palatalise
=> nasalize, nasalise
=> mispronounce, misspeka
=> aspirate
=> voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> retroflex
=> subvocalize, subvocalise
=> syllabize, syllabise
=> drawl
=> round, labialize, labialise
=> lisp
=> stress, accent, accentuate
=> vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise
=> click
=> trill
=> sibilate
=> flap
=> explode
=> roll
Sense 7
fathom, sound
> quantify, measure
=> gauge
=> scale
=> meter
=> pace, step
=> clock, time
=> fathom, sound
=> titrate
=> plumb
=> weigh, librate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sound
Sense 1
sound
=> look, appear, seem
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Sense 2
sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
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Sense 3
sound
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Sense 4
sound
=> announce, denote
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Sense 5
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
--------------
Sense 6
sound
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Sense 7
fathom, sound
=> quantify, measure
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Grep of verb sound
resound
sound
sound off
sound out
soundproof
Antonyms of adj sound
9 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound (vs. unsound)
unsound (vs. sound)
=> bad, risky, high-risk, speculative
=> long
=> wildcat
Sense 2
healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
INDIRECT (VIA reasonable) -> unreasonable
Sense 3
sound (vs. unsound)
unsound (vs. sound)
=> corroded
=> decayed, rotten, rotted
Sense 4
good, sound
INDIRECT (VIA healthy) -> unhealthy
Sense 5
reasoned, sound, well-grounded
INDIRECT (VIA valid) -> invalid
Sense 6
legal, sound, effectual
INDIRECT (VIA valid) -> invalid
Sense 7
sound
INDIRECT (VIA righteous) -> unrighteous
Sense 8
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow
Sense 9
sound
INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete
Similarity of adj sound
9 senses of sound
Sense 1
sound (vs. unsound)
=> dependable, good, safe, secure
=> healthy
=> solid
=> stable
Also See> fit#3, healthy#4; healthy#1; unbroken#5; undamaged#1; uninjured#1; wholesome#1
Sense 2
healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
=> reasonable (vs. unreasonable), sensible
Sense 3
sound (vs. unsound)
=> solid, strong, substantial
Sense 4
good, sound
=> healthy (vs. unhealthy)
Sense 5
reasoned, sound, well-grounded
=> valid (vs. invalid)
Sense 6
legal, sound, effectual
=> valid (vs. invalid)
Sense 7
sound
=> righteous (vs. unrighteous)
Sense 8
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
=> deep (vs. shallow)
Sense 9
sound
=> complete (vs. incomplete)
Pertainyms of adj sound
Attributes of adj sound
Domain of adj sound
Domain Terms of adj sound
Familiarity of adj sound
sound used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Grep of adj sound
of sound mind
safe and sound
sound
sound asleep
soundable
sounded
sounding
soundless
soundproof
unsound
Grep of adv sound
soundlessly
soundly
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