Dictionary
Dictionary noun - A reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order.
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Synonyms for Dictionary
Sound and dictionary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sound" instead a noun "Dictionary".
Nearby Word: diction
Sound
Sound noun - Range of hearing.
Dictionary and sound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictionary" instead a noun "Sound".
How words are described
| old | old dictionary | old sound |
| normal | normal dictionary | normal sound |
| short | short dictionary | short sound |
| standard | standard dictionary | standard sound |
| Other adjectives: heavy, actual, accessible, different, electronic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary, and finds that socialism doesn't sound too awful.
Source: Film / Capitalism: A Love Story -
A hitman uses a silenced .22 (which Harry specifically mentions uses subsonic ammunition) and says that the silencer makes the shots sound like "someone slapping a heavy dictionary against a desk." The gunshots get louder as the silencer begins to give out.
Source: Hollywood Silencer - The chorus being sang in an almost orgasm-like falsetto, the lyrics listing various fetishes - Wynter herself said that she and writer Nicole Morier used a "sex dictionary" to write the lyrics, and the sound of a woman moaning in the pre-hook really don't help.
Source: Intercourse with You
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Sound and Dictionary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dictionary/sound
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