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soundverb1 to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound wavesthe stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon echo, reecho, resonate, resound, reverberate ring, roll damp, dampen, deaden, dull, quiet to give the impression of beingthe idea at least sounds plausible act, appear, come across (as), come off (as), feel, look, make, seem dissemble, pretendrecall, resemble, suggesthint, imply, insinuate to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions air, expound, express, give, look, raise, state, vent, ventilate, voice advertise, announce, declare, enounce, enunciate, proclaim, saybroadcast, circulate, disseminate, publishdescribe, write, write upsound off, speak out, speak upchime incommunicate, convey, put across, put overoffer, submit give air to, put forth stifle, suppress censor, restrain, restrict to make known openly or publiclythe grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, trumpet bark, call (off or out), crybill, billboard, bulletin, gazette(chiefly British)knell, ring, tollblurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puffdisseminate, spreaddisclose, divulge, introduce, kithe(chiefly Scottish), manifest, report, reveal, showadvise, apprise, hand down, inform, notifycommunicate, impart, intimate beat the drum (for or about), run with conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withholdrecall, recant, retract, revoke soundverb2to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted linethe pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground to cast oneself head first into deep watera whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded soundnoun1range of hearingwandered off, out of her parents' sight and sound earshot, hail, hearing volumedistance, sight soundnoun2a narrow body of water between two land massesLong Island Sound is between Connecticut and Long Island, New York channel, narrows, neck, strait arm, bay, gulf, inletroads, roadsteadreach, stretch soundadjectiveaccording to the rules of logicsound reasoning alone should tell you that the result is invalid analytic(or analytical), coherent, consequent, good, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, valid, well-founded, well-grounded a posteriori, a priori, syllogisticcognitive, empirical(also empiric)defendable, defensible, justifiable, maintainable, supportable, sustainable, tenable illegitimate, illogical, incoherent, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, irrational, unreasonable, unsound, weak casuistic(or casuistical), eristic(also eristical), fallacious, misleading, sophistic(or sophistical), speciousunarticulatedunscientificabsurd, cockeyed, crazy, daffy, fatuous, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, insane, loony(also looney), mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, simpleminded, stupid, weak-minded, witlesssenseless, thoughtlessuncompelling, unconvincing enjoying health and vigorthe horse is getting along in years, but still perfectly sound able-bodied, bouncing, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, robust, well, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome hard, hardy, iron, lusty, rugged, stalwart, strong, sturdy, toughambulatory, nondisabled, uncrippledactive, agile, chipper, lively, sprightful, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vitalblooming, clean-cut, flourishing, flush, prospering, thrivingall right, good, right in fine fettle, in shape, in the pink ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, run-down, sickened, sickly, weak, weakened, weakly, worn-outchallenged, crippled, debilitated, differently abled, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lamedelicate, fragile, frailemaciated, gaunt, haggard, malnourished, undernourishedafflicted, troubledbad, poorly marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortionthe shed looks flimsy, but it's actually surprisingly sound bombproof, fast, firm, stable, stalwart, strong, sturdy dependable, durable, reliableinfrangible, irrefragable, unbreakablebeefy, solidcohesive, tough rickety, unsound, unstable, unsteady infirm, insecure, weakshaky, tottering, tottery, unbalanced, wobbly(also wabbly)unsubstantial adj.healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good health.healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease.a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction.a sound heart wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance.a face with a wholesome glow robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly.a lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in old age.still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom from disease or illness.she has never been a well person in the 13th century |