Vocabulaire

sound

Adjectif

Exemple: “That is a sound decision.”

Synonymes: solid

Antonymes: weak

idiomatic

Adjectif

Exemple: “This phrase sounds idiomatic in English.”

Synonymes: natural, native-like

Antonymes: unnatural

pronunciation

Nom

Exemple: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Synonymes: speech sound, way of saying

Antonymes: misspelling

television

Nom

Exemple: “We watch television at night.”

Synonymes: TV, screen

Antonymes: radio

resounding

Adjectif

Exemple: “The proposal received resounding support.”

Synonymes: emphatic, overwhelming

Antonymes: weak, muted

remorseful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He sounded genuinely remorseful.”

Synonymes: sorry, repentant

Antonymes: unrepentant, defiant

echolocate

Verbe

Exemple: “Bats echolocate to navigate in darkness.”

Synonymes: navigate by sound

Antonymes:

impersonal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The email sounded cold and impersonal.”

Synonymes: formal, detached

Antonymes: personal, warm

buzz

Verbe

Exemple: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”

Synonymes: hum, vibrate

Antonymes: be silent

pop

Nom

Exemple: “The balloon made a loud pop.”

Synonymes: burst, sudden sound

Antonymes: silence

horn

Nom

Exemple: “The driver used the horn to warn people.”

Synonymes: signal, animal horn

film

Nom

Exemple: “We watched a film last night.”

Synonymes: movie

Antonymes:

bark

Verbe

Exemple: “The dog began to bark at the stranger.”

Synonymes: woof, tree skin

Antonymes: be quiet

crazy

Adjectif

Exemple: “That sounds like a crazy idea.”

Synonymes: wild, strange

Antonymes: normal, sensible

chirp

Verbe

Exemple: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”

Synonymes: tweet

Antonymes: be silent

audio

Nom

Exemple: “The course includes audio lessons.”

Synonymes: sound

Antonymes: visual

ring

Nom

Exemple: “I wear a silver ring.”

Synonymes: circle, call

Antonymes:

reverberate

Verbe

Exemple: “The decision will reverberate across the industry.”

Synonymes: echo, resound

Antonymes: fade, die out

proposition

Nom

Exemple: “We rejected the proposition as financially unsound.”

Synonymes: proposal, assertion

Antonymes: refusal, denial

melodiously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The choir sang melodiously in perfect harmony.”

Synonymes: tunefully, harmoniously

Antonymes: harshly, discordantly

affectation

Nom

Exemple: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Synonymes: pretension, artifice

Antonymes: naturalness, sincerity

loud

Adjectif

Exemple: “The music was too loud to talk.”

Synonymes: noisy, strong

Antonymes: quiet, soft

voice

Nom

Exemple: “I recognized her voice immediately.”

Synonymes: sound, tone

Antonymes: silence

noise

Nom

Exemple: “I heard a strange noise outside.”

Synonymes: sound, disturbance

Antonymes: silence

reverberation

Nom

Exemple: “The decision had reverberations across the entire ecosystem.”

Synonymes: echo

Antonymes: silence

idiomatically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: literally

resoundingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The proposal was resoundingly rejected by the committee.”

Synonymes: decisively

Antonymes: narrowly

articulation

Nom

Exemple: “Her articulation of the problem made the solution obvious.”

Synonymes: expression

Antonymes: confusion

amplification

Nom

Exemple: “The microphone provides amplification for large rooms.”

Synonymes: boosting

Antonymes: reduction

unconvincing

Adjectif

Exemple: “His explanation sounded unconvincing and vague.”

Synonymes: implausible

Antonymes: convincing

structurally

Adverbe

Exemple: “The argument is structurally sound but poorly evidenced.”

Synonymes: in structure

acoustically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The hall was designed acoustically to reduce echo.”

Synonymes: in terms of sound

rhyme

Verbe

Exemple: “These two words rhyme.”

Synonymes: match in sound

alarm

Nom

Exemple: “The alarm rang at 7 a.m.”

Synonymes: alert

strange

Adjectif

Exemple: “That sound is strange.”

Synonymes: odd

Antonymes: normal

noisy

Adjectif

Exemple: “The cafe is noisy.”

Synonymes: loud

Antonymes: quiet

message

/ˈmesɪdʒ/

Exemple: “Send me a message later.”

Synonymes: content, substance, subject matter

hear

/hɪr/

Exemple: “I hear music.”

Synonymes: see, take heed, try