ringing
English Thesaurus
1. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | quality, timber, timbre, tone, |
definition | : | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute) |
2. the giving of a ring as a token of engagement (noun.communication)
3. the sound of a bell ringing (noun.event)
hypernym | : | sound, |
definition | : | the sudden occurrence of an audible event (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | bell ringing, |
definition | : | the sound of someone playing a set of bells (noun.event) |
4. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | resonate, vibrate, |
definition | : | sound with resonance (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | plangent, |
definition | : | loud and resounding (adj.all) |
derivation | : | heavy, sonorous, |
definition | : | full and loud and deep (adj.all) |
derivation | : | reverberant, |
definition | : | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected (adj.all) |
5. the sound of a bell ringing (noun.event)
derivation | : | call, call up, phone, ring, telephone, |
definition | : | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | peal, ring, |
definition | : | sound loudly and sonorously (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | tintinnabulate, |
definition | : | ring or sound like a small bell (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | knell, ring, |
definition | : | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification (verb.perception) |
6. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | resonate, vibrate, |
definition | : | sound with resonance (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | plangent, |
definition | : | loud and resounding (adj.all) |
derivation | : | heavy, sonorous, |
definition | : | full and loud and deep (adj.all) |
derivation | : | reverberant, |
definition | : | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected (adj.all) |
7. the sound of a bell ringing (noun.event)
derivation | : | call, call up, phone, ring, telephone, |
definition | : | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | peal, ring, |
definition | : | sound loudly and sonorously (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | tintinnabulate, |
definition | : | ring or sound like a small bell (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | knell, ring, |
definition | : | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification (verb.perception) |
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