Synonyms: sonority, sonorousness, resonance, reverberance, ringing, plangency, vibrancy
Definition: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Similar words: quality, timber, timbre, tone
Definition: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Usage: the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely; the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Synonyms: ringing
Definition: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
Similar words: troth, engagement, betrothal
Definition: a mutual promise to marry
Synonyms: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
Definition: the sound of a bell ringing
Usage: the distinctive ring of the church bell; the ringing of the telephone; the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells--E. A. Poe
Similar words: sound
Definition: the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Usage: the sound awakened them