REVERBERANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected

Example:

the reverberant booms of cannon

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bright; brilliant (clear and sharp and ringing)

clinking (like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped)

echoing; reechoing ((of sounds) repeating by reflection)

hollow (as if echoing in a hollow space)

jingling; jingly (having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells)

live (highly reverberant)

tinkling; tinkly (like the short high ringing sound of a small bell)

vibrant (of sounds that are strong and resonating)

Antonym:

unreverberant (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate)

Derivation:

reverberance (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)

reverberate (to throw or bend back (from a surface))

reverberate (be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves)

reverberate (ring or echo with sound)