Synonyms of the word

gong

• n. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with…
• n. (Britain, informal) A medal or award.
• v. (intransitive) To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
• v. (transitive) To halt or disqualify (a contestant in a talent show) by ringing a gong.
• n. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
• n. (obsolete) The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

bell

• n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of…
• n. The sounding of a bell as a signal.
• n. (chiefly Britain, informal) A telephone call.
• n. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
• n. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
• n. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time…
• n. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
• n. (computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older…
• n. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
• n. (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also…
• n. An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.
• v. (transitive) To attach a bell to.
• v. (transitive) To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
• v. (slang, transitive) To telephone.
• v. (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
• v. (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
• n. The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.

chime

• n. (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar)…
• n. An individual ringing component of such a set.
• n. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
• n. The sound of such an instrument or device.
• n. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
• v. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
• v. (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in…
• v. (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
• v. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
• v. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
• n. A chine; the edge of a cask.

sound

• adj. Healthy.
• adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
• adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
• adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
• adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
• adv. Soundly.
• interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
• n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
• n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
• n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
• n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
• v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
• v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
• v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
• v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
• v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
• n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
• n. The air bladder of a fish.
• n. A cuttlefish.
• v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
• v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
• v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
• v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
• n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
• n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

tam-tam

• n. a flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.