Thesaurus:rumble

Thesaurus:rumble

THESAURUS

rumble

English

Sense: a deep, continuous, repetitive sound

Detail: As of drums, thunder, galloping horses, machine gun fire, etc

Synonyms

• beating    [WS]

• drumming

• grumbling

• rataplan

• rubadub

• rumble

• rumbling

Antonyms

• snap    [WS]

Hyponyms

• drumbeat

• tattoo

Hypernyms

• clatter    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:humming
• Thesaurus:reverberation

Further reading

• “407. roll” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rumble” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.