sound

Adjective

• thorough
  • a sound thrashing
    

• (of sleep) deep and complete
  • a heavy sleep
    
  • fell into a profound sleep
    
  • a sound sleeper
    
  • deep wakeless sleep
    

• free from moral defect
  • a man of sound character
    

• having legal efficacy or force
  • a sound title to the property
    

• logically valid
  • a sound argument
    

• in excellent physical condition
  • good teeth
    
  • I still have one good leg
    
  • a sound mind in a sound body
    

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
  • a sound timber
    
  • the wall is sound
    
  • a sound foundation
    

• exercising or showing good judgment
  • healthy scepticism
    
  • a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
    
  • the healthy attitude of French laws
    
  • healthy relations between labor and management
    
  • an intelligent solution
    
  • a sound approach to the problem
    
  • sound advice
    
  • no sound explanation for his decision
    

• financially secure and safe
  • sound investments
    
  • a sound economy
    

Noun

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay
  • the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
    

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• the audible part of a transmitted signal
  • they always raise the audio for commercials
    

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event
  • the sound awakened them
    

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  • falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
    

• the subjective sensation of hearing something
  • he strained to hear the faint sounds
    

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
  • the sound of rain on the roof
    
  • the beautiful sound of music
    

Verb

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• cause to sound
  • sound the bell
    
  • sound a certain note
    

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• announce by means of a sound
  • sound the alarm
    

• give off a certain sound or sounds
  • This record sounds scratchy
    

• make a certain noise or sound
  • She went `Mmmmm'
    
  • The gun went `bang'
    

• appear in a certain way
  • This sounds interesting
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  heavy , profound , wakeless , legal , effectual , reasoned , well-grounded , good , healthy , intelligent , levelheaded , level-headed , strait , phone , speech sound , audio , auditory sensation , fathom , voice , vocalize , vocalise , go
• Antonyms: 
  unsound , silence , quiet , devoice