reverberation

noun

re·​ver·​ber·​a·​tion ri-ˌvər-bə-ˈrā-shən 

1

: an act of reverberating : the state of being reverberated

2

a

: something that is reverberated

b

: an effect or impact that resembles an echo

Examples of reverberation in a Sentence

the reverberations of her voice

Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation.

Recent Examples on the Web

Two years later, the police-community relations issue would explode with global reverberations when George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who had kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. —Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026

With access to new archival materials and legal files, Thompson looks at the decades-long reverberations of the shooting, from Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post that stoked fear in Americans across the country to the Black boys who were all but forgotten. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026

The longer-term implications, reverberations and consequences of this daring move are a different matter. —Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026

The move by the president could also have political reverberations. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reverberation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration