Thesaurus:sibilate

Thesaurus

sibilate

English

Verb

Sense: to make a hissing sound

Synonyms

• hiss
• hizz (obsolete)
• sibilate

Hyponyms

• fizzle
• sizzle
• swish
• swoosh
• whish
• whisper
• whistle
• whiz
• whizzle (British dialect)
• whoosh
• zip
• zing

Hypernyms

• make sound    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

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