Synonyms of the word

hum

• n. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
• n. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
• n. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
• n. (Britain, slang) unpleasant odour.
• n. (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
• n. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
• n. A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency…
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips…
• v. (transitive) To express by humming.
• v. (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
• v. (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive.
• v. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously.
• v. (Britain) To reek, smell bad.
• v. (Britain) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
• v. (transitive, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
• interj. hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activeness

• n. The state or quality of being active.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

be

• v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
• v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
• v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
• v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
• v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
• v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
• v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
• v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
• v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
• v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
• v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
• v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

busyness

• n. The state of being busy.

buzz

• n. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
• n. A whisper.
• n. The audible friction of voice consonants.
• n. (informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
• n. (informal) A telephone call or e-mail.
• n. (informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the…
• v. (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their…
• v. (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers…
• v. (transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
• v. (aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise…
• v. (transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

humming

• v. present participle of hum.
• n. The sound of something that hums; a hum.

noise

• n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
• n. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio).
• n. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within…
• n. Rumour or complaint.
• n. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
• n. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
• v. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
• v. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

resound

• v. (intransitive) to sound again.
• v. (transitive) to echo a sound.
• v. (intransitive) to reverberate with sound or noise.
• v. (intransitive) to make a reverberating sound.
• v. (transitive) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
• v. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the…

seethe

• v. (transitive) To boil.
• v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To boil vigorously.
• v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
• v. (intransitive, of a person, figuratively) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
• v. (intransitive, of a place, figuratively) To buzz with activity.

sing

• v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
• v. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
• v. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
• v. To make a small, shrill sound.
• v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
• v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
• n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.

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.

thrum

• n. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. Also fig.
• v. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
• v. To make a monotonous drumming noise.
• n. the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
• n. (chiefly in plural) a fringe made of such threads.
• n. any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
• n. (botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
• n. (botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
• n. (anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
• n. (nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
• n. (nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
• n. (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
• v. to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
• v. (nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.