sonorous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
Wordy or grandiloquent.
Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.

/ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/ /səˈnɔː.rəs/ /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/ /ˈsoʊ.nə.ɹəs/ /səˈnɔrəs/ en-us-sonorous.ogg

sonorous more sonorous most sonorous sonourous

Borrowed from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century.

sonoral canorous sesquipedalian boom-boom orotund remugient resonant resounding reverberant rotund sonorous tympanic vibrant booming prolix

high-pitched nonsonorous piping reedy tinny unsonorous whistling

sonorant sonority sonorously sonorousness sepulchral

insonorous nonsonorous sonorosity unsonorous

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