Antonyms for sound
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1. sound

   Sound is the sensation produced through the organs of hearing or the physical cause of this sensation. Sound is the most comprehensive word of this group, applying to anything that is audible. Tone is sound considered as having some musical quality or as expressive of some feeling; noise is sound considered without reference to musical quality or as distinctly unmusical or discordant. Thus, in the most general sense noise and sound scarcely differ, and we say almost indifferently, "I heard a sound," or "I heard a noise." We speak of a fine, musical, or pleasing sound, but never thus of a noise. In music, tone may denote either a musical sound or the interval between two such sounds, but in the most careful usage the latter is now distinguished as the "interval," leaving tone to stand only for the sound. Note in music strictly denotes the character representing a sound, but in loose popular usage it denotes the sound also, and becomes practically equivalent to tone. Aside from its musical use, tone is chiefly applied to that quality of the human voice by which feeling is expressed; as, he spoke in a cheery tone; the word is similarly applied to the voices of birds and other animals, and sometimes to inanimate objects. As used of a musical instrument, tone denotes the general quality of its sounds collectively considered.

   Synonyms:
   noise, note, tone

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1. soundnoun

   Antonyms:
   silence, stillness, muteness, voicelessness, abmutescence

   Synonyms:
   resonance, audibility, noise, report

2. soundadjective

   Antonyms:
   partial, broken, injured, impaired, unhealthy, unsound, weak, frail, fragile, light, trivial, unfounded, hollow, fallacious, imperfect, unwholesome, incorrect, unsubstantial, invalid

   Synonyms:
   entire, unbroken, whole, perfect, unhurt, well-grounded, uninjured, unimpaired, healthy, firm, strong, vigorous, weighty, solid, irrefragable, irrefutable, thorough, valid, wholesome, correct, substantial

3. soundverb

   Antonyms:
   overlook, disregard, misexamine, misinvestigate

   Synonyms:
   probe, gauge, investigate

Matched Categories

1. • Announce
   • Channel
   • Happening
   • Measure
   • Mechanical Phenomenon
   • Pronounce
   • Seem
   • Sound Property

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1. soundnoun

   the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

   "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"

   Antonyms:
   silence, quiet, risky, wildcat, unreasonable, uncomplete, unsound, invalid, incomplete, rotted, shallow, decayed, long, unrighteous, unhealthy, speculative, corroded, high-risk, bad, rotten

   Synonyms:
   speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

2. sound, auditory sensationnoun

   the subjective sensation of hearing something

   "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

   Antonyms:
   quiet, silence, shallow, decayed, unsound, risky, uncomplete, unhealthy, corroded, invalid, bad, speculative, high-risk, unreasonable, long, wildcat, unrighteous, rotted, rotten, incomplete

   Synonyms:
   speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

3. soundnoun

   mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

   "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"

   Antonyms:
   silence, quiet, unsound, rotted, risky, corroded, incomplete, speculative, high-risk, invalid, bad, rotten, wildcat, uncomplete, unrighteous, unreasonable, shallow, decayed, long, unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

4. soundnoun

   the sudden occurrence of an audible event

   "the sound awakened them"

   Antonyms:
   quiet, silence, incomplete, speculative, invalid, rotted, unsound, rotten, long, wildcat, unreasonable, corroded, risky, bad, decayed, shallow, uncomplete, high-risk, unhealthy, unrighteous

   Synonyms:
   speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

5. audio, soundnoun

   the audible part of a transmitted signal

   "they always raise the audio for commercials"

   Antonyms:
   silence, quiet, high-risk, unsound, incomplete, decayed, corroded, long, shallow, rotten, wildcat, invalid, speculative, risky, unhealthy, unrighteous, bad, rotted, unreasonable, uncomplete

   Synonyms:
   sound recording, audio frequency, phone, audio recording, audio, strait, auditory sensation, speech sound

6. phone, speech sound, soundnoun

   (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

   Antonyms:
   silence, quiet, risky, decayed, unrighteous, high-risk, unsound, rotted, bad, long, invalid, unreasonable, incomplete, corroded, wildcat, unhealthy, rotten, uncomplete, speculative, shallow

   Synonyms:
   telephone, speech sound, earphone, telephone set, phone, audio, strait, headphone, auditory sensation, earpiece

7. strait, soundnoun

   a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

   Antonyms:
   quiet, silence, rotted, wildcat, high-risk, decayed, long, corroded, uncomplete, invalid, risky, incomplete, unsound, unreasonable, bad, speculative, shallow, rotten, unrighteous, unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   straits, phone, audio, strait, auditory sensation, pass, speech sound

8. soundadjective

   a large ocean inlet or deep bay

   "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

   Antonyms:
   quiet, silence, unsound, high-risk, rotten, corroded, invalid, risky, rotted, bad, decayed, unhealthy, unrighteous, long, unreasonable, speculative, shallow, wildcat, incomplete, uncomplete

   Synonyms:
   speech sound, strait, auditory sensation, phone, audio

9. soundadjective

   financially secure and safe

   "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

   Antonyms:
   silence, quiet, speculative, unhealthy, unsound, rotten, invalid, shallow, unreasonable, corroded, decayed, rotted, uncomplete, wildcat, high-risk, long, risky, unrighteous, bad, incomplete

   Synonyms:
   heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

10. healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, soundadjective

    exercising or showing good judgment

    "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, decayed, speculative, bad, incomplete, unhealthy, rotten, risky, rotted, long, wildcat, high-risk, shallow, unsound, invalid, uncomplete, unrighteous, unreasonable, corroded

    Synonyms:
    levelheaded, reasoning(a), good, salubrious, well-informed, sizable, wakeless, well-grounded, sizeable, effectual, thinking(a), hefty, profound, healthy, heavy, reasoned, legal, respectable, intelligent, goodly, goodish, level-headed, tidy, good for you(p)

11. soundadjective

    in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

    "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, invalid, corroded, high-risk, risky, incomplete, unrighteous, long, rotted, unhealthy, unsound, rotten, uncomplete, bad, decayed, wildcat, unreasonable, shallow, speculative

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

12. good, soundadjective

    in excellent physical condition

    "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, decayed, shallow, invalid, speculative, corroded, bad, rotted, rotten, unreasonable, risky, uncomplete, unsound, long, wildcat, unhealthy, unrighteous, high-risk, incomplete

    Synonyms:
    dear, good, beneficial, in effect(p), unspoiled, effectual, skillful, secure, serious, effective, wakeless, well-grounded, upright, legal, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, heavy, dependable, estimable, intelligent, expert, levelheaded, just, level-headed, healthy, proficient, full, honest, profound, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, ripe, safe, adept, reasoned, honorable, well(p), right, near

13. reasoned, sound, well-groundedadjective

    logically valid

    "a sound argument"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, unrighteous, decayed, unreasonable, shallow, unsound, wildcat, risky, invalid, unhealthy, corroded, rotted, rotten, bad, long, incomplete, uncomplete, speculative, high-risk

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

14. legal, sound, effectualadjective

    having legal efficacy or force

    "a sound title to the property"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, corroded, long, wildcat, unsound, unrighteous, unreasonable, bad, shallow, speculative, decayed, unhealthy, rotted, uncomplete, invalid, risky, high-risk, rotten, incomplete

    Synonyms:
    heavy, effective, wakeless, efficacious, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, intelligent, level-headed, well-grounded, levelheaded, effectual

15. soundadjective

    free from moral defect

    "a man of sound character"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, rotten, unreasonable, unhealthy, decayed, uncomplete, corroded, bad, unsound, shallow, unrighteous, speculative, incomplete, high-risk, wildcat, invalid, risky, long, rotted

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

16. heavy, profound, sound, wakelessadjective

    (of sleep) deep and complete

    "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, speculative, unsound, unreasonable, invalid, high-risk, rotted, wildcat, corroded, decayed, rotten, incomplete, bad, long, unhealthy, shallow, unrighteous, uncomplete, risky

    Synonyms:
    laboured, sullen, laborious, reasoned, overweight, toilsome, effectual, intemperate, with child(p), wakeless, good, dense, grueling, unsounded, heavy(p), threatening, grave, legal, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, intelligent, grievous, fleshy, levelheaded, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, level-headed, gruelling, well-grounded, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, unfathomed, sonorous, great(p), profound, operose, fundamental, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, unplumbed, punishing, gravid, big(p), healthy, lowering, leaden

17. soundverb

    thorough

    "a sound thrashing"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unrighteous, unreasonable, rotten, shallow, unsound, uncomplete, decayed, wildcat, rotted, long, incomplete, bad, invalid, speculative, corroded, risky, unhealthy, high-risk

    Synonyms:
    heavy, intelligent, wakeless, profound, good, legal, healthy, reasoned, well-grounded, level-headed, levelheaded, effectual

18. soundverb

    appear in a certain way

    "This sounds interesting"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unreasonable, bad, unhealthy, invalid, unsound, unrighteous, incomplete, shallow, uncomplete, speculative, wildcat, rotted, long, decayed, corroded, high-risk, rotten, risky

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

19. sound, goverb

    make a certain noise or sound

    "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, wildcat, unreasonable, rotten, unrighteous, bad, uncomplete, decayed, shallow, rotted, invalid, long, unsound, corroded, risky, incomplete, high-risk, unhealthy, speculative

    Synonyms:
    drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, rifle, cash in one's chips, get going, kick the bucket, run, blend, function, lead, endure, live, pass away, perish, run short, survive, croak, plump, move, extend, conk, fit, vocalise, blend in, become, run low, conk out, locomote, break, proceed, last, decease, give out, go, depart, vocalize, give way, hold up, snuff it, pass, hold out, start, fail, expire, die, travel, break down, exit, fathom, live on, voice, go bad

20. soundverb

    give off a certain sound or sounds

    "This record sounds scratchy"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unsound, wildcat, risky, decayed, long, unhealthy, invalid, corroded, uncomplete, bad, shallow, unrighteous, speculative, high-risk, rotten, incomplete, unreasonable, rotted

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

21. soundverb

    announce by means of a sound

    "sound the alarm"

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, high-risk, incomplete, unhealthy, wildcat, rotted, corroded, speculative, long, decayed, bad, invalid, unrighteous, shallow, unreasonable, uncomplete, rotten, unsound, risky

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

22. voice, sound, vocalize, vocaliseverb

    utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Antonyms:
    silence, quiet, speculative, rotted, risky, long, unsound, shallow, bad, incomplete, unreasonable, decayed, unrighteous, invalid, corroded, unhealthy, wildcat, high-risk, uncomplete, rotten

    Synonyms:
    phonate, vocalise, enunciate, vowelize, voice, fathom, vocalize, go, articulate, vowelise

23. soundverb

    cause to sound

    "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unhealthy, unsound, speculative, long, risky, shallow, invalid, unreasonable, uncomplete, wildcat, unrighteous, rotted, high-risk, bad, corroded, decayed, rotten, incomplete

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, voice, vocalize, fathom, go

24. fathom, soundverb

    measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

    Antonyms:
    quiet, silence, unhealthy, rotten, shallow, incomplete, speculative, high-risk, long, uncomplete, rotted, wildcat, risky, unsound, unreasonable, unrighteous, corroded, decayed, invalid, bad

    Synonyms:
    vocalise, penetrate, voice, fathom, vocalize, bottom, go

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1. soundadjective

   Synonyms:
   whole, intact, perfect, flawless, unimpaired, healthy, logical, severe, hard, heavy, sane, rational, profound, undisturbed, unbroken, valid, legal, lawful, seaworthy, sensible, irrefutable, convincing

2. soundnoun

   Synonyms:
   strait, narrows, channel

3. soundnoun

   Synonyms:
   noise, report

   Associated words:
   acoustic, acoustics, acoustician, catacoustics, cataphonics, phonetic, phonetics, polycoustic, phonetism, phonology, polycoustics, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonic, soniferous, sonification, megaphone, sonorescence, diacritical, harmonics, phonation, polyphone, polyphonic, polyphonist, polyphony, monophonic, monophthong, homophone, homophonic, homophony, modulate, modulation

4. soundverb

   Synonyms:
   fathom, gauge, examine, try, test, probe, explore, proclaim, publish, herald, resound

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   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use sound in a sentence?

1. Todd Graham:

   In the VP debate, [Democrat] Tim Kaine had a bunch of sound bite-ready things to go, but they sounded too rehearsed, and I think people can tell now.

2. Joe Biden:

   He understood that we're part of something bigger than ourselves... in that compromise isn't a dirty word. It's the cornerstone of democracy. Consensus is required in a democracy to get anything done, joe Biden're bidding this great American farewell, but Joe Biden know, as long as Joe Biden keep his spirit alive, as long as Joe Biden see each other not as enemies but as neighbors and colleagues, as long as Joe Biden remember that Joe Biden're here not to tear down but to build up -- as long as Joe Biden remember that -- then Taps will never sound for Bob Dole. For Bob will be with Joe Biden always.

3. George Lucas:

   The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie

4. Larry Krasner:

   I know that some inarticulate things I said earlier this week have offended people. The message conveyed through media sound bites is not at all what I meant, complete answers based on data aimed at solutions to gun violence will be edited down to sound bites. It’s my job to make sure even those sound bites are careful. As someone whose strong support is owed in part to the fact that I don’t communicate or make decisions like a career politician, it is my obligation to do better.

5. Soren Kierkegaard:

   A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say. "May new sufferings torment your soul."

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