Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "murmur" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Still's murmur heart murmur murmuration murmurer murmuring murmuringly murmurish murmurless murmurous remurmur unmurmured unmurmuring without a murmur

Context

medicine

Part Of (Holonyms)

library

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

complain complaint kick kvetch mouth plain quetch schwa shwa sound sound off speak symptom talk utter verbalise verbalize

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

babble mumblage muttering subvocalization whispering

Manner Of

complain talk

Related Terms

humming

Related Terms

against at blood complain complaint condition discontent dissatisfaction grumble heart indistinct mumble mutter noise protest say speak turbulent

Synonym Network

grumble heart murmur murmur vowel mutter

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.