Thesaurus:sibilation

Thesaurus:sibilation

THESAURUS

sibilation

English

Synonyms

• groove fricative

• hiss

• sibilating

• sibilation

• siss (US, colloquial)

Hyponyms

• fizzle

• sizzling

• swish

• swoosh

• whish

• whisper

• whistle

• whiz

• whizzle (British dialect)

• whoosh

• zip

• zing

Hypernyms

• sound    [WS]

Variance

• sibilance

• sigmatism

Further reading

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