Word Meanings - SOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SOUND)

• Fathom
• Gauge
• pierce
• measure
• sound
• probe
• Genuine
• Authentic
• true
• real
• pure
• unalloyed
• natural
• unaffected
• sincere
• unadulterated
• veritable
• Good \adj Right
• complete
• pious
• benevolent
• propitious
• serviceable
• suitable
• efficient
• sufficient
• competent
• valid
• actual
• considerable
• honorable
• reputable
• righteous
• proper
• upright
• just
• excellent
• Healthy
• Vigorous
• robust
• strong
• hale
• salubrious
• wholesome
• hearty
• healthful
• Hearty
• cordial
• warm
• honest
• earnest
• genuine
• well
• heartfelt

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SOUND)

• Misfit
• misconform
• mismeasure
• misdeal
• misapportion

Related words: (words related to SOUND)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• GAUGE
  To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. The vanes nicely gauged on each side. Derham. 4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. 5. To measure
• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• AUTHENTICITY
  1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity,
• HONESTY
  Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• FATHOMER
  One who fathoms.
• ACTUALIZE
  To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• PROBE
  1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe. 2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. Hallam.
• GAUGER
  One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.
• GAUGEABLE
  Capable of being gauged.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• BENEVOLENT
  Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. -- Be*nev"o*lent*ly, adv. Syn. -- Benevolent, Beneficent.
• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• INSUFFICIENTLY
  In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• INEFFICIENT
  1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen;
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• UNHONEST
  Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.