Whisper

/ˈ(h)wɪspə/

Synonyms for "whisper" (287 found)

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Closest matches (58)

advice alert alerting articulate aspirate aspiration barkbated breathbawl bellow blare blat blubber boom bray breath breathebreathy voicebroad hintbruit

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brush buzz cackle canard caress caution chant chime chirp chorus cluecome out withcommon talkcommunicate confideconfide tocontact convey coo crow cry cuecutaneous sensedash deliver disclose drawl drone droning emitentrust with informationenunciate exclaim exhalation express

Verb(1 words)

breathed

Noun(2 words)

breathy voiceconfide

Strong matches (86)

feel feelingfingertip caressfizz fizzle flickfling offfluteflying rumorformulate gabble gaspgentle hintgesture gibber gibbering givegive confidential informationgive expressiongive out with

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give tonguegive utterancegive voiceglance glimmer glimmering gossip grapevine graze groan growl grunt hand-mindedness hearsay hint hiss howl hullabaloo hushidea afloatimpart implication index indication inkling innuendo insinuate insinuation intimation jabber jibber keen kick kiss lambency laplatrine rumorlet in onlet next tolet outlicklight touchlilt liplittle voicelooklow voicemaffle maunder maunderingmention privatelymoan monition mouth mouthing mumble

Noun(6 words)

hearsay hint huminarticulately whisperedintimate mumbles

Adjective(2 words)

indistinct soundmuffled

Verb(2 words)

mouthed mumbled

Related words (143)

mumbling murmur murmuration murmuring mussitate mutter mutteringnews stirringnod nudge office on-ditout withpantpassing wordphonate phrase pipe pointerpour forth

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present prompt pronounceput forthput hepput in wordsput next toraise report roar roorback rub rumble rumor say scent scream screech scuttlebuttsense of touchset forthshade shriek sibilate sigh sign signal sing sizzle snap snarl snort sobsoft voicesough sound soupcon speakspeak incoherentlysplutter spoor sputter squall squawk squealstage whispersteerstill small voicestroke suggestion suspicion susurrate susurration susurrus swish symptomtactile sensetactiontake asidetalktalk of the towntap telltell confidentiallytelltaletentative pokethrow offthunder tinge tiptip offtip-off touchtown talktrace track trumpet twangunconfirmed reportunderbreath undertone utter verbalize vocalize voice wail warble warning wheeze whiff whine whish whispering whistle whiz whoosh wink wordword to the wiseyap yawp yell yelp

Noun(17 words)

mumbling phrasemurmur murmurs mutter mutters purrs rumor rustle rustlingsoft speechsoft voicesoughing soughsspeak softlysusurration voicelessness whispering

Verb(3 words)

murmured murmurer muttered

Related word relations

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More general

19 entries

communicate communication inform information mouth noisenoise generationsoundsound productionspeak speaking speechspeech productiontalk

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More specific

10 entries

bearing humengine humhinthushed toneintimate murmur muttersotto voceunofficial memounverified report

Collocations

11 entries

confidential communicationhushed tonehushed whisperlow volumelow whisperprivate channelsoft speechsoft whisperwhisper networkwhisper protocolwhispered message

Inflections

3 entries

whispered whispering whispers

Derivations

6 entries

whispered whisperer whispering whisperingly whispers whispery

Antonyms

1 entries

shout

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A whisper ran through the crowd.

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His voice dropped to a whisper.

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He is always speaking to her in whisper.

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

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