| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signaling object or sound |
| Synonyms: | alarm, buzz, buzzer, carillon, chime, clapper, curfew, ding-dong, dinger, gong, peal, ringer, siren, tintinnabulum, tocsin, toll, vesper |
| Main Entry: | approval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, assent, bells, blessing, compliance, concurrence, confirmation, consent, countenance, endorsement, go-ahead, green light, leave, license, mandate, okay, permission, ratification, recommendation, sanction, support, the nod, validation |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, opposition, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | matrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being joined in marriage |
| Synonyms: | alliance, bells, conjugality, connubiality, marital rites, marriage, match, nuptials, shotgun wedding, union, wedding, wedding bells, wedding ceremony, wedlock |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | wedding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage rite |
| Synonyms: | bells, bridal, espousal, hook, marriage, marriage ceremony, matrimony, nuptial rite, nuptials, spousal, union, wedlock |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | spousal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wedding |
| Synonyms: | bells, bridal, espousal, hook*, marriage, marriage ceremony, matrimony, nuptial, nuptial rite, nuptials, union, wedlock |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap, flash*, forewarning, gong, high sign, horn, nod, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tip off, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink, yell |
| Main Entry: | chime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring, peal |
| Synonyms: | bell, bong, boom, clang, dong, jingle, knell, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll |
| Main Entry: | peal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime, clang |
| Synonyms: | bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, ring out, roar, roll, rumble, sound, strike, thunder, tintinnabulate, toll |
| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, evidence |
| Synonyms: | assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, flag, flash, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall, harbinger, herald, high sign, hint, light, manifestation, mark, nod, note, omen, portent, precursor, prediction, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, proof, signal, suggestion, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, warning, wave, whistle, wink |