The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - sound°n.

1) tone; noise; din; cacophony; report: This piano has a tinny sound. We could hear the sound of laughter from below. I heard nothing over the sound of the crowd. Sounds of gunfire echoed in the valley. 2) ring, tone, impression, characteristic, quality, effect, aspect, look: I didn't like the sound of that remark. 3) hearing, range, earshot: Anyone within the sound of his voice could tell that he was angry. --v. 4) resound, reverberate, echo, resonate: The noises sound very close. 5) seem, appear, look; strike one, give one the impression or feeling or sense (that) ; resemble, sound or seem or look like: It sounds as if you don't want to come to my party. That sounds like Russian to me. 6) ring, (be) activate(d) , (be) set or touch(ed) off, signal: Anyone walking into the room sounds the alarm. The alarm sounds when the beam is broken. 7) Sometimes, sound out. articulate, pronounce, enunciate, utter; voice, vocalize: I was taught to speak clearly, to sound each consonant and vowel. 8) Sometimes, sound out or off. shout (out) , cry out, yell (out) : Sound out those numbers loud and clear! 9 sound off. vituperate, complain, bluster, grumble, Slang bitch: Today Mr Morrison was again sounding off about the service in the caf‚.