REVERBERANT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

reverberant

adjective

ri-ˈvər-b(ə-)rənt

as in ringing

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones the pastor's reverberant voice could be heard all over the cemetery as he read the final prayers for the deceased

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Recent Examples of reverberant In medieval Europe, villagers and monks who congregated in great cold churches chanted their prayers, also responsively, because that was how the words of their faith could waft into the vaults and acquire divine resonance before enveloping the faithful in reverberant song. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 Interim head coach Antonio Pierce benches Garoppolo in favor of rookie Aidan O’Connell, setting up another reverberant comment from Adams. —

David Lombardi, The Athletic, 16 July 2024 Duane Eddy, who broke new ground in pop music in the 1950s with a reverberant, staccato style of guitar playing that became known as twang, died on Tuesday in Franklin, Tenn. —

Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 1 May 2024 The sounds and demands of our environments are constantly changing and introducing different types of competing noise, reverberant acoustics, and attention distractors. —

IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2019 See All Example Sentences for reverberant

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Adjective

At the moment, Breslow has its ringing endorsement.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
But Malema was convicted of hate speech for making threats last year, and his party won less than ten per cent of the national vote in the most recent South African election—hardly a ringing endorsement of his ideas.

— Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026