Synonyms of sounds

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of sound

1

as in echoes

to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves

the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• echoes
• resonates
• reverberates
• resounds
• rings
• reechos
• rolls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiets
• dampens
• dulls
• deadens
• damps

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as in seems

to give the impression of being

the idea at least sounds plausible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seems
• looks
• feels
• appears
• acts
• makes
• comes off (as)
• resembles
• comes across (as)
• suggests
• pretends
• implies
• recalls
• hints
• dissembles
• insinuates

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as in voices

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)

a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voices
• expresses
• looks
• gives
• states
• announces
• airs
• ventilates
• expounds
• writes
• says
• conveys
• describes
• vents
• raises
• puts forth
• proclaims
• gives air to
• publishes
• declares
• broadcasts
• advertises
• disseminates
• enunciates
• circulates
• offers
• sounds off
• submits
• speaks out
• enounces
• speaks up
• communicates
• writes up
• chimes in
• puts over
• puts across

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• stifles
• restricts
• restrains
• censors

4

as in announces

to make known openly or publicly

the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announces
• publishes
• proclaims
• declares
• advertises
• posts
• runs with
• blares
• trumpets
• broadcasts
• enunciates
• heralds
• promulgates
• annunciates
• gives out
• releases
• discloses
• promotes
• publicizes
• blazes
• flashes
• reveals
• beats the drum (for or about)
• reports
• cries
• barks
• rings
• spreads
• disseminates
• placards
• features
• shows
• introduces
• imparts
• calls (off or out)
• informs
• blazons
• tolls
• manifests
• puffs
• bulletins
• notifies
• knells
• bills
• communicates
• divulges
• blurbs
• billboards
• kithes
• plugs
• hands down
• gazettes
• intimates
• pitches
• apprises
• advises

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceals
• silences
• suppresses
• withholds
• recalls
• retracts
• revokes
• hushes (up)
• recants

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of sound

1

as in plumbs

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line

the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plumbs
• scales
• spans
• fathoms
• gauges
• remeasures
• replumbs

2

as in plunges

to cast oneself head first into deep water

a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• dives
• pitches
• immerses
• dips
• submerges
• plunks
• plumps
• belly flops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surfaces

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noun (1)

plural of sound

as in hearings

range of hearing

wandered off, out of her parents' sight and sound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hearings
• sights
• distances
• hails
• volumes

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noun (2)

plural of sound

as in channels

a narrow body of water between two land masses

Long Island Sound is between Connecticut and Long Island, New York

Synonyms & Similar Words

• channels
• straits
• roads
• necks
• narrows
• bays
• stretches
• reaches
• inlets
• gulfs
• arms
• roadsteads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sounds

Verb

If all this sounds familiar, that’s because last year’s doc by David Osit, Predators, covered much of the same ground very effectively. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

The kindergarten his daughter attends must move the children to a shelter whenever an air-raid alert sounds. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Maness, who spent the night clocking the hotel elevator’s comings and goings, said her room was on the first floor where sounds often reverberate. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

If the case — and the moral and legal questions around it — sounds familiar, that is understandable. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

By the time the Berlin Wall fell, these sounds would be remixed, reimagined, and redeployed in dance clubs around the world. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

And a spectacle of unabashed, unpretentious joy sounds pretty good right about now doesn’t it? — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

Offshore nuclear power sounds unusual, but naval submarines and aircraft carriers have run on small nuclear reactors for decades. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

On Wowed Out, James sounds unburdened even when singing about the weight of the modern world. — Ryan Leas, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026

Noun

Typically, Jewish families will go to synagogue to pray and hear the traditional sounds of the shofar horn, followed by a festive meal with family and friends. — Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Improved transparency mode for the AirPods 5 also allows users to more naturally hear nearby sounds in their immediate vicinity, like people’s voices. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The sounds of birdsong, layered and ambient, rise toward a curved ceiling where light moves like cloud shadow. — Carrie Honaker, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

The sound bath instruments do most of the work, so two people who barely know each other can experience the same sounds, stillness and sensory environment together. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

Kenny Gradney, Little Feat Guitarist Lowell George founded Little Feat in the late ’60s as a quartet of Californians who drew heavily on the sounds on the Deep South. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

His music has become more intentional and rooted in Puerto Rican and Caribbean history, blending those traditional sounds with urbano and contemporary pop. — Johanna Ferreira, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026

Officers followed the sounds of the gunfire to another floor, where a smoky haze limited their visibility. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026