reverberate

Verbs

  • (v) ring or echo with sound
    • the hall resounded with laughter
    resound, echo, ring,
  • (v) have a long or continuing effect
    • The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
  • (v) be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
    • the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building
  • (v) to throw or bend back (from a surface)
    • Sound is reflected well in this auditorium
    reflect,
  • (v) spring back; spring away from an impact
    • The rubber ball bounced
    • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
    bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, recoil, spring, bound,
  • (v) treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace
    • reverberate ore

Synonyms

resound echo ring reflect bounce rebound ricochet take a hop resile recoil spring bound

Words of close approximity

reverberant