| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
| (5) Sound |
| (i) Sound in General |
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| 402. Sound. |
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| NOUN: | SOUND, noise; sonority, sonorosity [obs.], sonification, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tune, cadence; sonorescence, sonorousness &c. adj.; audibility; resonance [See Resonance]; voice [See Voice]; phonation; aspirate; phonogram, ideophone; rough breathing.
[SCIENCE OF SOUND] acoustics, acoumetry, diacoustics, catacoustics, diaphonics, cataphonics, polycoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography; telephony, radiophony, photophony; polyphony, homophony; phonetism; acoustician.
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| VERB: | PRODUCE SOUND; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; phonate, consonate [rare], resound [See Resonance].
PHONETICIZE, phonetize [rare].
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| ADJECTIVE: | SOUNDING; soniferous; sonorous, sonorescent; sonorific [rare]; sonorant, sonoric; resonant, audible, distinct; auditory, acoustic, acoustical, diacoustic, polycoustic; stertorous, ear-splitting.
PHONIC, phonetic; homophonic or homophonous (opp. to polyphonic), monodic, monophonic; sonant; ideophonous; phonocamptic [rare].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - A thousand trills and quivering sounds.—Addison
- Forensis strepitus.
- Sing With notes angelical, to many a harp.—Milton
- With the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet.—Milton
- The trembling notes ascend the sky.—Dryden
- Beauty born of murmuring sound.—Wordsworth
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