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Synonyms for resounding

  • adjective

Most common

loud booming resonant sonorous vocal reverberative

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Loud — having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant

loud, resonant, sonorous, reverberant, booming, boom-boom, vibrant, orotund, rotund, canorous, remugient rare

2. Huge — emphatic, noteworthy

huge, massive, tremendous

Other

vocal, noisy, reverberative

Antonyms

quiet

All antonyms of resounding →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.

  2. adj. 2

    Emphatic, noteworthy.

    We had a resounding win against the rival team.

Example sentences

  • loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
  • booming The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound.
  • resonant Our group played guitars while the others randomly hit resonant objects.
  • sonorous I like this newsreader's sonorous voice.
  • vocal I like vocal music better than instrumental music.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
resoundingrising
loudrising
boomingrising
resonantsteady
sonoroussteady
vocalrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
huge1, loud1
5 letters
vocal2, noisy2
6 letters
rotund2
7 letters
massive2, vibrant2, booming2, orotund
8 letters
resonant3, sonorous3, canorous
9 letters
remugient
10 letters
tremendous3
11 letters
reverberant
13 letters
reverberative

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vocal2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
retentissant