Word Meanings - REVERBERATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame

Additional info about word: REVERBERATION

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REVERBERATION)

• Din
• Racket
• clamor
• rattle
• resononce
• clangor
• reverberation
• Echo
• Reverberation
• resonance
• repetition
• imitation
• answer
• Rebound
• Reaction
• ricochet
• recoil
• resilience
• Repercussion
• Recoil
• rebound
• Report
• tidings
• announce
• ment
• relation
• narration
• recital
• description
• communication
• declaration
• news
• rumor
• fame
• repute
• noise

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REVERBERATION)

• Silence
• hush
• suppress
• misreport
• misrepresent
• miarelate
• falsify

Related words: (words related to REVERBERATION)

• RATTLESNAKE
  Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• REACTIONIST
  A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
• REVERBERATION
  The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame
• CLAMOROUS
  Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness,
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• NARRATION
  That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject. Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale;
• TIDINGS
  Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. Note: Although tidings is
• RACKETY
  Making a tumultuous noise.
• REBOUND
  1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
• ANSWER
  1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to ; to
• REPUTE
  1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton. 2. Specifically: Good character
• RICOCHET
  A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. Ricochet firing , the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges,
• RATTLETRAP
  Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. A. Trollope.
• RESILIENCE; RESILIENCY
  The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain. (more info) 1. The act of resiling, springing back,
• RATTLE
  1. To cause to make a ratting or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another , and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. Shak. 3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse;
• ANNOUNCE
  + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See 1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
• RATTLEWINGS
  The golden-eye.
• CLANGOR
  A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.
• MISRELATION
  Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.
• INTERCOMMUNICATION
  Mutual communication. Owen.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• SURREBOUND
  To give back echoes; to reëcho. Chapman.
• IRRELATION
  The quality or state of being irrelative; want of connection or relation.
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
• DELIMITATION
  The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.