Thesaurus:make sound

Thesaurus

make sound

English

Verb

Sense: to make vibrations perceptible by the ear

Synonyms

• sound    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• make silent    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• resonate
•   —

Echoing sounds

• echo
• reecho
• resound
• reverberate
•   —

Movement sounds

• skitter
• swish
• swoosh
• whang
• whish
• whistle
• whiz
• whoosh
• zing
•   —

Impacting sounds

• clack
• clunk
• slam
• thud
• thump
• whoomp
•   —

Destructive sounds

• boom
• crack
• crunch
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Noisy sounds

• clamor
• clatter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• din    [⇒ thesaurus]
• noise    [⇒ thesaurus]
• roar
• screech
• scritch
• thunder
•   —

Vocal sounds

• shout    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• speak    [⇒ thesaurus]
• utter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vocalize
•   —

Miscellaneous sounds

• beep    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bleep
• chark
• chink
• chinkle
• click
• fizz
• fizzle
• flute
• guggle
• hiss
• honk
• jingle
• pop
• ring
• rumble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sizzle
• skirl
• snap    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sputter
• thrum
• tinkle
• toot
• twang

Hypernyms

• produce sensation    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:listen

Further reading

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