Thesaurus:sibilate

Thesaurus:sibilate

THESAURUS

sibilate

English

Synonyms

• hiss

• hizz (obsolete)

• sibilate

Hyponyms

• fizzle

• sizzle

• swish

• swoosh

• whish

• whisper

• whistle

• whiz

• whizzle (British dialect)

• whoosh

• zip

• zing

Hypernyms

• make sound    [WS]

Further reading

• “409. sibilation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sibilate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.