sound like

idiom

1

: to seem to be something when heard

You sound like you're tired.

That sounds (to me) like a good idea.

It sounds like thunder.

2

: to have a sound that is like the sound of (something else)

That kitten sounds like a human baby.

3

: to have a voice that is like the voice of (someone else)

I knew he must be your brother. He sounds just like you.

4

: to say something that is like what is commonly said by (someone else)

You sound just like your mother when you say that.

Examples of sound like in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His strangled, squalling voice can make a rant about toasters sound like a cry for help. —Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025

Getting Charity to take her place helps her skirt accountability for her actions in the last movie, but now there are several more murders pinned on Emily, which doesn’t sound like a sensible plan in the long run. —Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 May 2025

But Venable didn’t sound like a call-up was imminent. —Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025

But reading forces them to imagine things like setting and what characters look and sound like. —Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 23 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for sound like

• alike
• belike
• birdlike
• catlike
• childlike
• christlike
• deathlike
• dislike
• dreamlike
• friedreich
• godlike
• hairlike