Synonyms for pulse
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Beat
Other
Verb
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
Her pulse was thready and weak.
- n. 2
The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.
- v. 1
To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.
Related words
- Word family
- pulsate pulseless pulse-pounding pulsing pulsating pulsation pulsatory
- Phrases
- pulse dialing pulse ox pulse decay time pulse diagnosis pulse oximeter pulse oximetry
- Is a kind of
- rate
Example sentences
- impulse You people are urged to drop the earthly impulse.
- dal Lojban is the Salvador Dalí of languages.
By length
- 3 letters
- dal1
- 4 letters
- beat1
- 5 letters
- throb1
- 7 letters
- impulse2, pulsate
- 8 letters
- undulate3
- 9 letters
- pulsation
- 11 letters
- autosoliton
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impulse2 = 2 syllables).