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RESONANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to bring to mind
Example:
a campaign redolent of machine politics
Synonyms:
evocative; redolent; remindful; reminiscent; resonant
Classified under:
Similar:
aware; mindful (bearing in mind; attentive to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by resonance
Example:
hear the rolling thunder
Synonyms:
resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberating; reverberative
Classified under:
Similar:
reverberant (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected)
Derivation:
resonance (the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities)
resonance (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)
resonance (a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system)
resound (emit a noise)
resound (ring or echo with sound)
