Synonyms for sonorous
- adjective
Most common
loud resonant resounding stentorian prolix sesquipedalian soundful
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Loud
loud, resonant, stentorian, resounding, sounding, vibrant, high-sounding, ringing, rotund, booming, heavy, full, listenable, euphonious, orotund, canorous, remugient rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.
Related words
- Word family
- sonorosity sonorant sonority sonorously sonorousness
- Is a kind of
- deep euphonious low low-pitched
- Other spellings
- sonoral
Example sentences
- loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
- resonant Our group played guitars while the others randomly hit resonant objects.
- resounding Algeria is making resounding economic progress.
- prolix Many readers will get lost if your writing is too prolix.
- sesquipedalian The word 'sesquipedalian' is an example of the very thing it means.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sonorous | steady | |
| loud | rising | |
| resonant | steady | |
| resounding | rising | |
| stentorian | rising | |
| prolix | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- full1, loud1
- 5 letters
- heavy2
- 6 letters
- rotund2, prolix
- 7 letters
- vibrant2, ringing2, booming2, orotund
- 8 letters
- sounding2, resonant3, canorous, soundful
- 9 letters
- remugient
- 10 letters
- resounding3, listenable, stentorian, euphonious
- 14 letters
- sesquipedalian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).