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Adjective
Example: “That is a sound decision.”
Synonyms: solid
Antonyms: weak
Example: “This phrase sounds idiomatic in English.”
Synonyms: natural, native-like
Antonyms: unnatural
Noun
Example: “Your pronunciation is clear.”
Synonyms: speech sound, way of saying
Antonyms: misspelling
Example: “We watch television at night.”
Synonyms: TV, screen
Antonyms: radio
Example: “The proposal received resounding support.”
Synonyms: emphatic, overwhelming
Antonyms: weak, muted
Example: “He sounded genuinely remorseful.”
Synonyms: sorry, repentant
Antonyms: unrepentant, defiant
Verb
Example: “Bats echolocate to navigate in darkness.”
Synonyms: navigate by sound
Antonyms:
Example: “The email sounded cold and impersonal.”
Synonyms: formal, detached
Antonyms: personal, warm
Example: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”
Synonyms: hum, vibrate
Antonyms: be silent
Example: “The balloon made a loud pop.”
Synonyms: burst, sudden sound
Antonyms: silence
Example: “The driver used the horn to warn people.”
Synonyms: signal, animal horn
Example: “We watched a film last night.”
Synonyms: movie
Example: “The dog began to bark at the stranger.”
Synonyms: woof, tree skin
Antonyms: be quiet
Example: “That sounds like a crazy idea.”
Synonyms: wild, strange
Antonyms: normal, sensible
Example: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”
Synonyms: tweet
Example: “The course includes audio lessons.”
Synonyms: sound
Antonyms: visual
Example: “I wear a silver ring.”
Synonyms: circle, call
Example: “The decision will reverberate across the industry.”
Synonyms: echo, resound
Antonyms: fade, die out
Example: “We rejected the proposition as financially unsound.”
Synonyms: proposal, assertion
Antonyms: refusal, denial
Adverb
Example: “The choir sang melodiously in perfect harmony.”
Synonyms: tunefully, harmoniously
Antonyms: harshly, discordantly
Example: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”
Synonyms: pretension, artifice
Antonyms: naturalness, sincerity
Example: “The music was too loud to talk.”
Synonyms: noisy, strong
Antonyms: quiet, soft
Example: “I recognized her voice immediately.”
Synonyms: sound, tone
Example: “I heard a strange noise outside.”
Synonyms: sound, disturbance
Example: “The decision had reverberations across the entire ecosystem.”
Synonyms: echo
Example: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”
Synonyms: naturally
Antonyms: literally
Example: “The proposal was resoundingly rejected by the committee.”
Synonyms: decisively
Antonyms: narrowly
Example: “Her articulation of the problem made the solution obvious.”
Synonyms: expression
Antonyms: confusion
Example: “The microphone provides amplification for large rooms.”
Synonyms: boosting
Antonyms: reduction
Example: “His explanation sounded unconvincing and vague.”
Synonyms: implausible
Antonyms: convincing
Example: “The argument is structurally sound but poorly evidenced.”
Synonyms: in structure
Example: “The hall was designed acoustically to reduce echo.”
Synonyms: in terms of sound
Example: “These two words rhyme.”
Synonyms: match in sound
Example: “The alarm rang at 7 a.m.”
Synonyms: alert
Example: “That sound is strange.”
Synonyms: odd
Antonyms: normal
Example: “The cafe is noisy.”
Synonyms: loud
Antonyms: quiet
/ˈmesɪdʒ/
Example: “Send me a message later.”
Synonyms: content, substance, subject matter
/hɪr/
Example: “I hear music.”
Synonyms: see, take heed, try
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