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Synonyms for hum
hʌmhum
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Wiktionary
humverb
humverb
To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
We are humming happily along with the music.
humverb
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the washing machine on.
humverb
Busy activity, like a beehive's buzz
humverb
To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
'The streets were humming with activity.
humverb
To produce a low sounds which blend continuously
humverb
To reek, smell bad.
This room really hums have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
humverb
To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hum
To sing is primarily and ordinarily to utter a succession of articulate musical sounds with the human voice. The word has come to include any succession of musical sounds; we say the bird or the rivulet sings; we speak of "the singing quality" of an instrument, and by still wider extension of meaning we say the teakettle or the cricket sings. To chant is to sing in solemn and somewhat uniform cadence; chant is ordinarily applied to non-metrical religious compositions. To carol is to sing joyously, and to warble (kindred with whirl) is to sing with trills or quavers, usually also with the idea of joy. Carol and warble are especially applied to the singing of birds. To chirp is to utter a brief musical sound, perhaps often repeated in the same key, as by certain small birds, insects, etc. To chirrup is to utter a somewhat similar sound; the word is often used of a brief, sharp sound uttered as a signal to animate or rouse a horse or other animal. To hum is to utter murmuring sounds with somewhat monotonous musical cadence, usually with closed lips; we speak also of the hum of machinery, etc.
Princeton's WordNet
busyness, humnoun
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
"they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation"
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriorsnoun
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
hum, hummingverb
a humming noise
"the hum of distant traffic"
humverb
sing with closed lips
"She hummed a melody"
hum, buzz, seetheverb
be noisy with activity
"This office is buzzing with activity"
Synonyms:
roll, thrum, boil, seethe, bombinate, bombilate, buzzhum, thrumverb
sound with a monotonous hum
humverb
make a low continuous sound
"The refrigerator is humming"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
humverb
Synonyms:
buzz, make a buzzing soundhumverb
Synonyms:
sing (in a low voice)humnoun
Synonyms:
buzz, buzzing sound
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2595 | roll | |
#2851 | beat | |
#4807 | drum | |
#5694 | sing | |
#5697 | carol | |
#6189 | um | |
#7378 | buzz | |
#8660 | uh | |
#10174 | hm | |
#11114 | hmm | |
#13658 | hum | |
#15633 | boil | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#21726 | hom | |
#21834 | chant | |
#27141 | snoring | |
#28828 | bumble | |
#32838 | humming | |
#34334 | ahem | |
#37262 | bustle | |
#51200 | purr | |
#60360 | chirp | |
#64091 | strum | |
#99426 | whir | |
#124022 | warble | |
#124135 | busyness | |
#126798 | croon | |
#163284 | seethe | |
#211488 | thrum |
How to use hum in a sentence?
You hum - if you hear your own voice amplified in the blocked ear, there’s nothing to worry about, it’s probably ear wax or fluid, if you hear your voice amplified in the good ear, that’s an emergency.
Ab hum khush hain nahi Bs khush rehne ka farz adhaa kar rahe hain
Even after today's drop, I don't think people are totally ruling out Aetna Inc and Humana Inc -LRB- HUM.N -RRB-.
There is an uncertainty that weighs on you; you don't know whether they'll contact our lawyers tomorrow and say we've decided to charge you with X, Y, or Z, it's a low hum in the background that sometimes gets louder.
Hum fits a need that exists for people to feel more connected.
Translations for hum
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- همهمة, همهمArabic
- broukat si, bzučetCzech
- summenGerman
- zumiEsperanto
- tararear, canturrearSpanish
- هومPersian
- porina, hyörinä, hymistä, surina, hyrinä, hyminä, hurinaFinnish
- fredonnerFrench
- raulaIcelandic
- canterellare, canticchiare, ronzioItalian
- tāwara, wheo, wheowheoMāori
- geneurie, brommen, zoemen, neuriën, gebromDutch
- nucićPolish
- trautear, cantarolarPortuguese
- fredonaRomanian
- жужжание, жужжатьRussian
- pjevušiti, pjevušenjeSerbo-Croatian
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