resonate
Echo with meaning
Resonate means to produce or amplify sound through vibration—a guitar string resonates when plucked, a voice resonates in a large hall.
The figurative sense dominates contemporary usage: something resonates when it strikes a chord, producing an emotional or intellectual response: Her speech really resonated with the audience.
Ideas, themes, and experiences resonate with people when they feel personally meaningful or familiar.
Move rhythmically between extremes
- vibrateShake with small movements
- reverberateEcho repeatedly, persist
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- pulsateBeat with rhythm
hum · thrum · quiver · rumble · ripple · undulate · flutter · shudder
Join or link
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- strike a chordTrigger emotional recognition
- moveChange location or act
- stirMix by circling
affect · speak to · hit home · meaningful · powerful · profound · evocative · poignant
Notes sounded simultaneously
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- octaveEight-note interval
- harmonizeBring into agreement
interval · tonality · overtone · vibrato · sustain · timbre · melodic · polyphony
Study of sound transmission
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- echoReflected sound wave
- toneQuality of sound
- reverbProlonged sound reflection
chamber · pitch · cavity · bass · hollow · boom · ambient · cathedral
Arrange in a row
- correspondMatch or communicate
- echoReflected sound wave
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- parallelEquidistant at all points
accord · sync · harmonize · click · gel · cohere · consistent · congruent
Frequency measurement unit
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
modulation · carrier · signal · tuning · harmonic · fundamental · overtone · standing wave
Era's dominant mentality
- universalAffecting all equally
- collectiveJointly organized group
- sharedHeld in common
- archetypalEmbodying the original pattern
mythic · symbolic · iconic · timeless · enduring · relevant · meaningful · cross-cultural
oscillate
Move rhythmically between extremes
- vibrateShake with small movements
- reverberateEcho repeatedly, persist
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
pulsate · hum · thrum · quiver · rumble · ripple · undulate · flutter · shudder · tremble
connect
Join or link
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- strike a chordTrigger emotional recognition
- moveChange location or act
stir · affect · speak to · hit home · meaningful · powerful · profound · evocative · poignant · heartfelt
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- octaveEight-note interval
harmonize · interval · tonality · overtone · vibrato · sustain · timbre · melodic · polyphony · tonal
acoustics
Study of sound transmission
reverb · chamber · pitch · cavity · bass · hollow · boom · ambient · cathedral · soundboard
align
Arrange in a row
- correspondMatch or communicate
- echoReflected sound wave
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
parallel · accord · sync · harmonize · click · gel · cohere · consistent · congruent · compatible
hertz
Frequency measurement unit
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- spectrumContinuous range of values
oscillation · modulation · carrier · signal · tuning · harmonic · fundamental · overtone · standing wave · node
zeitgeist
Era's dominant mentality
- universalAffecting all equally
- collectiveJointly organized group
- sharedHeld in common
archetypal · mythic · symbolic · iconic · timeless · enduring · relevant · meaningful · cross-cultural · generational
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
- resonate phrasesecho, ring true, hit home, touch, move
- science verbsabsorb, accelerate, attract, bounce, collide
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
resonatefall flat
Fail to impress
miss the mark · ring hollow · alienate · repel · bore
- magnetic resonance imagingScan using powerful magnets
- emotional resonanceCapacity to stir feelings
- magnetic resonanceNuclei absorbing electromagnetic energy
- tidal resonanceAmplified sea oscillations
- gourd resonatorHollow dried fruit amplifier
- resonant frequencyInherent oscillation rate
resonant, resonance, resonating, resonates, resonated, resonator, resonances, resonators