Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear; give the impression |
| Synonyms: | assume, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of, give the idea of, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of, have the features of, have the qualities of, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, look as if, look like, look to be, make a show of, pretend, resemble, show, show every sign of, sound, sound like, strike one as being, suggest |
| Antonyms: | be real |
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| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
| Synonyms: | acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out, manage, muddle through, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experience |
| Synonyms: | accept, acknowledge, appear, appreciate, be affected, be aware of, be excited, be impressed, be sensible of, be sensitive, be turned on to, comprehend, discern, encounter, endure, enjoy, exhibit, get in touch, get vibes, get*, go through*, have, have a hunch, have funny feeling, have vibes, know, meet, note, notice, observe, perceive, receive, remark, resemble, savor, see, seem, sense, suffer, suggest, take to heart, taste, undergo, understand, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give the impression |
| Synonyms: | appear, appear to be, look, seem, strike as being |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an impact |
| Synonyms: | affect, be plausible, carry, come to mind, dawn on, get*, have semblance, hit*, impress, influence, inspire, look, move, occur to, reach, register*, seem, sway, touch |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, deaf, distinct, dumb, faint, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, loud, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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| Antonyms: | silence |
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