THRUM Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of thrum

as in hum

a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion the steady thrum of the turbines in the power plant

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Noun

The espresso machine thrums like an engine. — Nick El Hajj, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Try sitting in the waiting room at a doctor’s office and listening to the bland thrum of the music. — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026

Verb

Set in the Opera Terrace on the top floor of Covent Garden’s historic Market Building, the buzzy restaurant is thrumming with life. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026 By the afternoon, the same room thrummed with the clink of glasses and unhurried conversation. — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thrum

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Noun

Scattered on the dunes, the surviving population of Gaza was reduced to bare existence, subject to unrelenting hunger and thirst under the ever-present hum of killer drones and bomber jets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
At Maywood’s Riverfront Park, Ma was accompanied by the vroom of nearby traffic, cascade of a yucca rainstick and burbling hum of a water synth.

— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of hum

Verb

In one segment, Daeron quietly whispers for a young cupbearer to exit the room before violence erupts from the lord.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
From the second Eldridge was drafted, a little devil appeared on your shoulder and whispered unreasonable expectations into your ear.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of whisper

Noun

Wafting odors of 100-octane gasoline and rumbling purrs of V8 engines punched through the overcast morning at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday as the Velocity Invitational car meet entered its second day.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
But a growing body of research suggests some of the most therapeutic sounds on earth are already in your home — your cat’s purr, rain on the window, birdsong outside.

— Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026

Definition of purr

Verb

Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.

— Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

Definition of hiss

Noun

To work around this, some Gen Z ravers are swapping vodka shots for espresso shots and chasing their weekly serotonin buzz beneath café lights rather than nightclub strobes.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Joey King and Maisie Williams brew up buzz for their film Practical Magic 2 in New York City on July 24.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of buzz

Verb

The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.

— James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Gosha sighs, at the prospect of having to raise an amount that, over in the States, would be less than 50 bucks.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026

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