Synonyms for pulse
pʌlspulse

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1. pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulsenoun

   (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

   "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

   Synonyms:
   impulsion, impulse, beat, caprice, whim, momentum, nervous impulse, neural impulse, pulsation, heart rate, pulsing, heartbeat, nerve impulse, impetus, pulse rate, urge

2. pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beatnoun

   the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

   "he could feel the beat of her heart"

   Synonyms:
   beatnik, instant, metre, meter, impulse, beat, heartbeat, flash, musical rhythm, split second, round, pulsation, heart rate, wink, rhythm, measure, pulsing, jiffy, cadence, blink of an eye, pulse rate, trice, twinkling

3. pulse, pulse rate, heart ratenoun

   the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

   Synonyms:
   pulsing, heartbeat, pulse rate, heart rate, pulsation, beat, impulse

4. pulseverb

   edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

   Synonyms:
   pulsation, pulse rate, impulse, pulsing, heart rate, heartbeat, beat

5. pulsate, throb, pulseverb

   expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

   "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

   Synonyms:
   pulsate, shudder, throb, shiver, quiver, thrill, beat

6. pulse, pulsateverb

   produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

   "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

   Synonyms:
   beat, throb, quiver, pulsate

7. pulseverb

   drive by or as if by pulsation

   "A soft breeze pulsed the air"

   Synonyms:
   throb, pulsate

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Move
   • Produce

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pulsenoun

   Synonyms:
   beating or throbbing of an artery

2. pulsenoun

   Synonyms:
   legumes, fruit of leguminous plants

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "pulse":

   pulses, legumes, legume, impetus, heartbeat, impulse, momentum, leguminosae, pulsation, pulser, leguminous, blas, press, transponder

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1. Nooshin Razani:

   Within minutes of being in a natural setting things like cortisol, a stress hormone, improve, within 15 minutes, the ability to solve puzzles and cognitive benefits are seen. Even attention seems to get better. At around that time, blood pressure improves and so does pulse.

2. Jeff Ginn:

   I checked his pulse, he wasn't breathing, he didn't have a pulse, i pulled him on the floor, undid his shorts, attached the AED( automatic external defibrillator). I did CPR.

3. Yuval Steinitz:

   We hear this nonsense by Zarif, that Israel would set off terrorist attacks against the United States - this really is total nonsense, but on the other hand it is a warning sign - a warning sign that Iran is taking aim at Israel, is looking for excuses to lash out at Israel, and therefore we need to have our finger on the pulse and be at the highest state of alert.

4. Tom Painter:

   The scanning LIDAR is a fancy laser pointer, essentially, that sprays out laser pulses – about 500,000 pulses per second – flying along at 23,000 feet, and measures how long it takes for the laser pulse to go out, hit the surface and come back, and we can use that information to then know the surface of the snow. Every square foot of mountain snow is touched by our lasers.

5. Saul Williams:

   To me, that's what made them iconic — that they had touched on the pulse of something that, in turn, harmonized... the human sensibility and allowed us to empathize beyond our own personal experience.