Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Proper Noun

Intj

Adverb

The word "sound" can be used as verb, noun, adjective, adjective, proper noun, intj and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fury her light mute quiet sight silence silence silent unsound vision

Typical Location

air band hall concert hall forest when tree falls midi file mouth movie music song techno beats

Capable Of

cause dog to bark hit ear travel only by medium travel through solids

Causes Desire

wake up in morning

Created By

by vocal cords vibrating air vibration vibrations

Defined As

transfer of mechanical energy through matter

Derived Terms

Bakersfield sound Bristol sound Canterbury sound Capel Sound Howe Sound I can't hear you over the sound of Ironbottom Sound Jersey sound Liverpool sound Marlborough Sounds McMurdo Sound Mersey sound Milford Sound Minneapolis sound Nashville sound New Jersey sound Norton Sound Owen Sound Plymouth Sound Prince William Sound Puget Sound San Francisco sound Scoresby Sound Sound of Sleat West Coast Sound by the sound of it empty vessels make the most sound found sound heart sound high lonesome sound infrasound instantaneous sound pressure like the sound of one's own voice missound of sound mind outsound re-sound safe and sound second sound sh sound sound alphabet sound and fury sound and light sound art sound artist sound as a barrel sound as a bell sound as a dollar sound as a pound sound as a roach sound barrier sound bath sound bite sound blimp sound booth sound bow sound bowl sound box sound camera sound card sound change sound clip sound cut sound design sound designer sound effect sound energy sound engineer sound engineering sound film sound head sound hole sound isolation sound law sound like sound man sound mirror sound money sound off sound on the goose sound out sound plural sound poetry sound pollution sound post sound pressure sound projection sound recording sound reproduction sound shadow sound shift sound spectrum sound stage sound structure sound symbolism sound system sound table sound technician sound the alarm sound the drum sound therapy sound track sound truck sound wall sound wave sound-alike sound-and-light show sound-on-film sound-proof sound-symbolic soundage soundbite sounded sounder soundex soundfont soundgarden sounding board sounding line sounding rocket sounding rod sounding stone soundless soundly soundman soundness soundproof soundscape soundset soundstage soundtrack speech sound speed of sound surround sound surround-sound third heart sound third sound ultrasound unsound voiced sound wall of sound word sound

Distinct From

light muted quiet sight silence taste vision

Etymologically Related To

soun swim swith

Has Part

frequency and amplitude

Context

british geography legal logic mathematics medicine music phonetics slang

Prerequisites

medium to travel through

Part Of (Holonyms)

cacophony euphony

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aesthesis announce appear articulate auditory communication body of water cause cause to be perceived channel denote emit enounce enunciate esthesis get give off give out happening have induce language unit linguistic unit look make measure mechanical phenomenon natural event occurrence occurrent pronounce quantify say seem sensation sense datum sense experience sense impression sound out sound property stimulate valid water

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

abrupt sound animal sound bang beep cheep clatter creak crunch din echo honk humming murmur prolonged sound ring rumble rustle screech sibilation sizzle snap squeak stertor susurrus tap ting tweet voice wah-wah zap

Type Of (IsA)

body of water channel energy happening hear mechanical phenomenon mechanical vibrations natural thing physical phenomenon pressure wave sensation sound property valid vibration vibration of air vibrations in air wave wave form wave propagation waves in air

Manner Of

announce cause to be perceived look

Receives Action

carried by vibrations caused by vibrations in substance composed of vibrations generated by pressure changes heard measured in decibels measured in waves perceived by ear recorded recorded onto audio casettes

Related Terms

audible listen make sound utter

Related Terms

abstract acceptable accurate accurate noise acoustic acoustic event acoustic wave activity air air bladder air compression air movement air vibration air vibrations air wave air waves alarm all noise another another sense any any noise anything anything audible arise atoms audible audible energy audible event audible experience audible noise audible thing audible vibration audible waves audio audio activity audio event audio noise audio phenomenon audio signal audio wave audio waves auditory auditory energy auditory expression auditory noise auditory phenomenon auditory stimulation auditory stimulus auditory vibration auditory waves aural aural energy aural thing aural vibrations auscultation baby baby crying bang bang crash barrier basic bay beep bird bird singing cacophony city commonplace communication complete compression compression waves crash crying cuttlefish decent decibel decibel measures decibels decibels measure deep definition denmark description detected detected by dimension din discernible discernible noise dive do do not ear ear activity ear hears ear input ear perceives ear perception ear pickup ear receives ear reception ear sensation ear sense ear stimulation ear thing ear vibration earful ears ears hear ears sense echo electromagnetic electromagnetic waves energy energy wave enthusiasm even event everywhere examine experience expression fish fit five five senses for hearing force form frequencies frequency frequency pitch frequency wave from radio general general hearing general noise general noises general term generic generic noise good harmonic has has waves have healthy hear hear ears hear it hear noise hear noises hear something hear thing heard heard noise heard thing heard waves hearing hearing energy hearing music hearing noise hearing related hearing sense hearing stimulus hearing thing hearing things hearing vibration hearing voice hearing wave hearing waves hears hertz horn human human sense in air in auditory in music in waves ingredient inlet input instruments instruments make invisible invisible waves is heard laid length light like like noise listen listen to listened listened to listening listening to loud loud noise loud quiet loud soft loud things loud vibrations loudness loudspeaker made make makes makes noise making making voice means means noise measure measured measured decibels measures medium mouth mouth output mouth product mouth voice movement movement wave moving moving air music music have music noise music talking music tones music waves musical musical noise musical projection nice noise noise audio noise definition noise description noise din noise energy noise even noise heard noise ingredient noise made noise music noise vibration noise wave noise waves noises noisy not notes nothing of city of light of music of waves one frequency or soft output perceived perceives perception percussion phenomenon pickup pitch pressure pressure wave pressure waves producing producing volume product projection quiet radio radio output receives reception related related hearing resonance resound scania secure sensation sense sense of senses sensory sensory input sight sight smell signal silence similar similar noise sine sine wave singing single single noise smell soft soft loud solid something hear something heard something wave sonde sonic sonic wave sonority soundness speaker speakers speed speed of stereo stereos stimulation stimulus strait style sweden sweet sweet noise talking talking music term test thing heard tone tones unbroken undamaged uninjured very very general vibrating vibrating air vibrating atoms vibration vibration noise vibrations vocal voice volume wave wave energy wave form wave length wavelength waves waves of we we hear whale what what hear what we what you whats whats heard wholesome with ear yelling yes you hear zealand øresund

Similar Terms

complete complete deep dependable dependable fit good healthy healthy reasonable righteous righteous safe secure sensible solid solid stable stable strong strong substantial substantial unbroken undamaged uninjured valid wholesome

Synonym Network

audio echo effectual fathom level headed noise phone strait voice wakeless well grounded

Used For

alarming people alerting annoy communicate communicating listening moving molecules pleasant listening vibrating air waking in morning

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