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Synonyms for ringing

Most common

resonance vibrancy sonority plangency chime clang knell tinkling

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The sound of something that rings.

  2. adj. 1

    Loud and clear.

Forms

Plural
ringings → resonances, sonorities, vibrancies, plangencies…

Example sentences

  • resonance The story achieved a wide resonance.
  • chime When the chime rings, everyone stands up at once.
  • clang Antonio heard the clang of swords.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ringingrising
resonancefalling
vibrancyrising
sonorityrising
plangencysteady
chimerising

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

By length

5 letters
chime1, clang1, knell1
7 letters
banding2, tolling2, clangor
8 letters
sounding2, resonant3, vibrancy3, tinkling3, sonorous3, sonority, clangour
9 letters
resonance3, plangency
12 letters
reverberance, sonorousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banding2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
sonnerie
Italiano
suoneria