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Synonyms for reverberate

Most common

rebound ricochet bounce bound echo re-sound

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Rebound — of a thing, to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces, especially with a sound; to rebound, to…

rebound, ricochet, bounce, bound, recoil, spring, resile

2. Echo

echo, re-sound, ring

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    Of a thing: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces, especially with a sound; to rebound, to recoil.

  2. v. 2

    To cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.

Related words

Word family
reverberative reverberant reverberation
Other spellings
reverbrate

Forms

Past participle
reverberated
e.g. reverberated → rebounded, ricocheted, bounced, bounded…

Example sentences

  • spring When spring comes, the days get longer day by day.
  • bound The plane we boarded was bound for San Francisco.
  • bounce Carlos's parents rented a bounce house for the party.
  • ricochet Be careful, the bullet can ricochet off the rock and come towards you.
  • echo Echo was very happy that his mother had returned.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reverberaterising
springsteady
boundsteady
bouncerising
ricochetrising

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

By length

4 letters
ring1, echo2, peal1
5 letters
bound1
6 letters
spring1, bounce1, revert2, recoil2, resile
7 letters
reflect2, rebound2
8 letters
ricochet3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (echo2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
réverbérer