bell-like

With pure tones

Bell-like describes something resembling a bell in shape or sound.

A bell-like flower flares outward from a narrow base.

Bell-like tones are clear, resonant, and gently reverberating: Her bell-like laughter rang across the garden.

The word nearly always carries positive connotations of purity or pleasing clarity.

pitch

high-pitched

High in frequency

tinkling · pealing · carillon · campanile · dulcet · sweet · fluting · piercing · shrill · bright

timbre

resonant

Deeply vibrating with sound

  • sonorousDeep and full-toned
  • richHaving much of something
  • fullMaximum extent reached

reverberating · echoing · vibrating · harmonic · overtones · sustained · ringing · deep · booming · mellow

tinkling

chime

Melodic bell sound

ding · ping · plink · jangle · tintinnabulation · glockenspiel · celesta · triangle · handbells · carillon

clarity

clear

Without obstruction or fog

pristine · transparent · lucid · ringing · silvery · bright · clean · crisp · pellucid · unblemished

Opposites
sound clarity and resonance

bell-likemuffled

Made quieter, less distinct

dull · muted · deadened · dampened · flat

tonal purity

bell-likediscordant

Lacking musical agreement

harsh · grating · cacophonous · jarring · strident

Family

bell, bells, tolling, belled, belfry, tolled, bellhop, bellman, bellflower

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G