CHIMED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

chimed

verb

past tense of chime

as in blended

to form a pleasing relationship the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine

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as in rang

to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat

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as in repeated

to say or state again TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over

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Recent Examples of chimed Sunlight chimed off Rubber Hand’s hatchet blade. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. — ABC News, 22 June 2026 The bittersweet tale infused with humor and sadness chimed with the Cannes audience. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Her brother-in-law Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi chimed into the comments section, dropping a string of red heart emojis. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 The bells chimed hourly and music played daily. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026 One of his mantras chimed here. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026 This chimed with Ling, who had come from a world of theater. — Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 After a few seconds, the base chimed and the app confirmed a successful pairing. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025

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Curry never took himself too seriously as an actor and blended seamlessly with human actors and puppets alike.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
The collection of minor hits and near-misses from the 1960s blended rough edges and euphoric hooks.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of blended

Verb

Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.

— Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.

— KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024

Definition of rang

Verb

Angus Young has repeated in interviews over the years that all this imagery and lyrical content about hell and the devil was pure tongue-in-cheek theatrics and nothing more.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The range has been repeated across the Nigerian business press for four months with a confidence its authors never claimed for it.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of repeated

Verb

The Samoan prime minister’s office and the former prime minister who corresponded with Kennedy did not respond to requests for comment.

— Ali Swenson, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Market reports suggested that drop corresponded with a 3 percent increase of rental prices in June, which was quickly doubled to a 6 percent increase in July, as available units continued to decrease through August.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of corresponded

Verb

In June 2025, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter agreed to buy a majority stake in the Lakers from the Buss family in a deal that valued the team at $10 billion, a then-record for a sports franchise.

— Ian Thomas, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Also last month, Archer agreed to buy three aviation and autonomy businesses from Boeing — Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu — to boost its flying-taxi and autonomous flight capabilities.

— Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of agreed

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Land is a finite resource and positively correlated with inflation, continuing to appreciate as costs go up.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Entangled photons have quantum properties that remain correlated even when the particles are separated by long distances.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of correlated

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This is matched with bright red branding which is seen on the lateral and medial Swoosh and Ja-frame components.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Her donation was matched by her East Tennessee businesses, including Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede, Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show and the Dollywood Foundation.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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