sonorous

(sŏn'ər-əs, sə-nôr'-, -nōr'-)
adj.

1. Having or producing sound.
2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
3. Impressive in style of speech: a sonorous oration.
4. (also sō'nər-əs) Produced in the manner of a sonorant.

[From Latin sonōrus, from sonor, sound, from sonāre, to sound.]

sonorously son'o·rous·ly adv.
sonorousness son'o·rous·ness n.

USAGE NOTE   The older pronunciation of sonorous has stress on the second syllable. As a recent survey indicates, however, the variant pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is now much more common in American English. In this survey, 84 percent of the Usage Panel gave (sŏn'ər-əs) as their pronunciation, and only 16 percent gave (sə-nôr'əs) or (sə-nōr'əs). Two linguists on the Panel noted that whereas they stress the first syllable, they pronounce it with a long (o), as (sō'nər-əs).

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adjective

1. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound: mellow, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, vibrant. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

IN BRIEF: Producing sound. Also: Loud in sound.

The kettle drums had a sonorous quality during the entire symphony.

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Resonant; sounding.

For a list of words related to sonorous, see:

• Sound, Hearing, and Deafness - sonorous: resonating with sound; loud and deep-toned; rich and full in sound
• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic

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See words rhyming with "sonorous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuldtonende, klangfuld, sonor, malmfuld

Nederlands (Dutch)
sonoor, klankvol, klinkend

Français (French)
adj. - sonore, ronflant, éclatant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sonor, volltönend, klangvoll

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ηχηρός, θορυβώδης, (για στιλ κ.λπ.) επιβλητικός

Italiano (Italian)
sonoro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sonoro, altissonante

Русский (Russian)
громкий, звонкий, способный издавать звук, издающий звук, высокопарный, торжественный, звуковой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sonoro

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ljudande, klangfull, imponerande, högtravande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
作响的, 能发出响亮声音的, 铿锵有力的, 语调夸张的, 响亮的, 洪亮的, 发音洪亮的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 作響的, 能發出響亮聲音的, 鏗鏘有力的, 語調誇張的, 響亮的, 洪亮的, 發音洪亮的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 낭랑한, 울려 퍼지는, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - よく通る, 鳴り響く, 堂々とした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طنان, جهوري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצלצל, עמוק, רם, מלא, רב-רושם‬

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