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sound

adjective

financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
Antonyms: unsound Similar: dependable, good, safe, secure, healthy, stable
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 advi
Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded Similar: reasonable, sensible
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
Antonyms: unsound Similar: solid, strong, substantial
in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
Synonyms: good Similar: healthy
reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument"
Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded Similar: valid
having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
Synonyms: legal Similar: valid
free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
Similar: righteous
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
Synonyms: heavy, profound, wakeless Similar: deep
thorough; "a sound thrashing"
Similar: complete

noun

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
Antonyms: silence, quiet
the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
Synonyms: auditory sensation
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 sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials"
Synonyms: audio
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Synonyms: phone, speech sound
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Synonyms: strait
a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

adverb

deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is sound asleep"
Synonyms: soundly

verb

appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm''"; "The gun went `bang''"
Synonyms: go
give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, voice Antonyms: devoice
cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Synonyms: fathom