barely audible
Just above silence
Barely audible describes a sound so quiet it can just be perceived—any softer and it would go unheard.
A barely audible whisper requires straining to catch the words.
The music was barely audible over the noise of the crowd.
The phrase often suggests something faint, distant, or deliberately muffled.
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- under one's breathSpoken very quietly
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- faintWeak and indistinct
- hushedReduced to silence
muffled · soft · quiet · distant · fading · dying breath · hush · strain · listen · silence · sotto voce · mumble · breath · rustle · hiss · static · white noise · threshold
- whisperswhisper, whispering, hushed tone, soft voice, low voice
- sound qualitiesloudness, pitch, tone, faintness, clarity
- volumecubic meters, bulk, cubic feet, quantity, cubic inches
barely audibledeafening
Overwhelmingly loud
thunderous · blaring · roaring · booming · earsplitting
barely audibleunmistakable
Impossible to misidentify
crystal clear · loud and clear · ringing out · obvious · piercing
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