Whisper

//ˈ(h)wɪspə//

Synonyms for "whisper" (267 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (54)

Related words (133)

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Noun(6 words)

private message rustle rustling susurration voicelessness whispering

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

9 entries

mouth noise speak speaking speech production talk utter verbalise verbalize

Antonyms

2 entries

shout

Synonyms

1 entries

rustle

derived

16 entries

a whisper down the lane in a pig's whisper kissper pig's whisper stage whisper whisper campaign whisper down the lane whisper interpreting whisper network whisper porn whisper test whisperer whisperhood whisperous whispersome whispery

distinct from

1 entries

loud

etymologically related_to

1 entries

whistle

has context

1 entries

internet

is a

2 entries

quieter than shout speaking

manner of

1 entries

talk

related to

30 entries

caution chat room ears hint lightly message private quiet quietly quietness rumor say say lightly secrets soft soft talking

Showing 16 of 30 words.

Translations

290 translations across 107 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

fëshfërij verb (talk in a quiet voice)
pëshpërit verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ψιθυρίζω verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Arabic

4 entries

هَمْس noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
وشوشة noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
هَمَسَ verb (talk in a quiet voice)
وشوش verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Armenian

2 entries

շշուկ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
շշնջալ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Asturian

4 entries

carreru noun (faint trace or hint)
escatafín noun (faint trace or hint)
esquiciu noun (faint trace or hint)
ruxidoriu noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

pıçıltı noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
pıçıldamaq verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Belarusian

3 entries

шэпт noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
шапну́ць verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шапта́ць verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hinghing noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Bulgarian

4 entries

подшушване noun (faint trace or hint)
слух noun (rumor)
ше́пот noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
ше́пна verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Burmese

1 entries

တီးတိုးပြော verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Catalan

2 entries

xiuxiueig noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
xiuxiuejar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Cebuano

2 entries

hunghong noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hunghong verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

چرپان noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
چرپەچرپ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
چرپاندن verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Chinese

1 entries

呲 verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

私語 /私语 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

低語 /低语 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
私語 /私语 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
耳語 /耳语 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
低語 /低语 verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Cornish

1 entries

hwystra verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Czech

2 entries

šepot noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šeptat verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Danish

2 entries

hvisken noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hviske verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Dutch

4 entries

gefluister noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
fezelen verb (talk in a quiet voice)
fluisteren verb (talk in a quiet voice)
ruinen verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Elfdalian

2 entries

twiså verb (talk in a quiet voice)
wiså verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Esperanto

2 entries

flustro noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
flustri verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Estonian

2 entries

sosin noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
sosistama verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Faroese

3 entries

tesk noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
teskan noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
teska verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Finnish

4 entries

aavistus noun (faint trace or hint)
kuiskailu noun (rumor)
kuiskaus noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
yksityisviesti noun (internet: private message in a chat room)

French

4 entries

chuchotement noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
chuchoter verb (talk in a quiet voice)
murmurer verb (talk in a quiet voice)
susurrer verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Galician

4 entries

azueira noun (rumor)
borboriño noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
bouga noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
gransolla noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Georgian

2 entries

ჩურჩული noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
ჩურჩული verb (talk in a quiet voice)

German

4 entries

Flüstern noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
Geflüster noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
Wispern noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
flüstern verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Greek

3 entries

μουρμούρισμα noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
ψίθυρος noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
ψιθυρίζω verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Greenlandic

1 entries

isussuppoq verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hāwanawana noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hāwanawana verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Hebrew

2 entries

לָחַשׁ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
לָחַשׁ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Hiligaynon

3 entries

hutik noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
huding-huding verb (talk in a quiet voice)
hutik verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Hindi

1 entries

फुसफुसाना verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Hungarian

2 entries

suttogás noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
suttog verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Icelandic

4 entries

pískra noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hvískra verb (talk in a quiet voice)
hvísla verb (talk in a quiet voice)
pukra verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ido

2 entries

susuro noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
susurar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ilocano

3 entries

arasaas noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
agarasaas verb (talk in a quiet voice)
iarasaas verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Indonesian

4 entries

bisikan noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
pembisikan noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
berbisik verb (talk in a quiet voice)
membisiki verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ingrian

1 entries

sopottaa verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Interlingua

1 entries

susurrar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Irish

3 entries

cogar noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
bí ag cogarnach verb (talk in a quiet voice)
labhair i gcogar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Italian

3 entries

sussurro noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
voci di corridoio noun (rumor)
sussurrare verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Japanese

3 entries

囁き noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
私語 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
囁く verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Javanese

1 entries

bisik noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Kapampangan

2 entries

sitsit noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
bulung verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Kazakh

1 entries

сыбырлау verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Khmer

2 entries

ខ្សឹប verb (talk in a quiet voice)
ខ្សៀវ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Kinaray-a

2 entries

hani noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hani verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Korean

2 entries

속삭임 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
속삭이다 verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шыбыроо verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Lao

1 entries

ກະຊິບ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Latgalian

1 entries

šveiksts noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Latin

2 entries

susurrus noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
susurrō verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Latvian

2 entries

čuksts noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
čukstēt verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Lithuanian

4 entries

kuždesys noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šnabždesys noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šnibždesys noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šnibždėjimas noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Low German

4 entries

munkeln verb (talk in a quiet voice)
sustern verb (talk in a quiet voice)
suustern verb (talk in a quiet voice)
tuscheln verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Gepëspers noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
pësperen verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Macedonian

4 entries

шепот noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
шепне verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шепнува verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шепоти verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Malay

4 entries

bisik-bisik noun (rumor)
bisikan noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
desas-desus noun (rumor)
berbisik verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Middle English

1 entries

rounen verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Mon

1 entries

က္သေဲ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Mongolian

2 entries

шивнээ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
шивнэх verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Norman

1 entries

chuchoter verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

piste-pist kirin verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Northern Sami

1 entries

savkkus noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

hvisking noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
hviske verb (talk in a quiet voice)
kviskre verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

kviskring noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
kviskra verb (talk in a quiet voice)
kviskre verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Occitan

1 entries

parlotejar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ojibwe

1 entries

gaaskanazo verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Old English

2 entries

rūn noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
rūnian verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Old Javanese

1 entries

wisik noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Old Norse

1 entries

hvískra verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Pashto

1 entries

پسنېدل verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Persian

4 entries

درگوشی noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
زمزمه noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
نجوا noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
پچپچ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Polish

3 entries

szept noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
szepnąć verb (talk in a quiet voice)
szeptać verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Portuguese

4 entries

murmúrio noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
sussurro noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
cochichar verb (talk in a quiet voice)
murmurar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Romanian

3 entries

șoaptă noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
a susura verb (talk in a quiet voice)
a șopti verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Romansch

1 entries

scutinar verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Russian

4 entries

шёпот noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
прошепта́ть verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шепну́ть verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шепта́ть verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Samoan

1 entries

musumusu verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cagar noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
cagair verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

šȁpāt noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
ша̏па̄т noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šapùtati verb (talk in a quiet voice)
šàpnuti verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Slovak

3 entries

šepot noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šepkať verb (talk in a quiet voice)
šeptať verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Slovene

2 entries

šepet noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
šepetati verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Spanish

4 entries

chamuyo noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
rastro noun (faint trace or hint)
rumor noun (rumor)
susurro noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Swedish

2 entries

viskning noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
viska verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Tagalog

3 entries

bulong noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
bumulong verb (talk in a quiet voice)
ibulong verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Tajik

2 entries

пичир-пичир noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
пичир-пичир кардан verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Tamil

4 entries

கிசுகிசு noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
கிசுகிசு noun (rumor)
கிசுகிசுப்பு noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
குசுகுசு noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Telugu

2 entries

గుసగుస noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
గుసగుసలాడు verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Thai

2 entries

เสียงกระซิบ noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
กระซิบ verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Tongan

1 entries

fanafana verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Turkish

3 entries

fısıltı noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
fısıltı noun (rumor)
fısıldamak verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Turkmen

3 entries

pyşyrdy noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
pyşyrdamak verb (talk in a quiet voice)
wyşyrdamak verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎍𐎃𐎌𐎚 noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ше́піт noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
шепну́ти verb (talk in a quiet voice)
шепта́ти verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Urdu

1 entries

فسفسانا verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Uyghur

2 entries

شىۋىرلىماق verb (talk in a quiet voice)
پىچىرلىماق verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Uzbek

2 entries

pichirlamoq verb (talk in a quiet voice)
shivirlamoq verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Vietnamese

4 entries

rì rầm noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
thì thầm noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
nói thầm verb (talk in a quiet voice)
thì thầm verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Welsh

2 entries

sibrwd noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
sibrwd verb (talk in a quiet voice)

West-Frisian

2 entries

flústerje verb (talk in a quiet voice)
wispearje verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

bran-bran-koejaraboline noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Yiddish

2 entries

שעפּטש noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)
שעפּטשען verb (talk in a quiet voice)

Yogad

1 entries

anibib noun (act of speaking in a quiet voice)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A whisper ran through the crowd.

Source: tatoeba (237767)

His voice dropped to a whisper.

Source: tatoeba (286987)

He is always speaking to her in whisper.

Source: tatoeba (289197)

He took me aside in order to whisper in my ear.

Source: tatoeba (298444)

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Whisper

Synonyms for "whisper" (267 found)

Closest matches (54)

Strong matches (80)

Related words (133)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

derived

distinct from

etymologically related_to

has context

is a

manner of

related to

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bikol Central

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Elfdalian

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Ilocano

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kapampangan

Kazakh

Khmer

Kinaray-a

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Low German

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malay

Middle English

Mon