sounding-board
Feedback-giving listener
A sounding-board is a surface that reflects or amplifies sound, like the thin wooden panel in a piano or the canopy above a pulpit that projects a speaker's voice.
Figuratively, a sounding-board is a person you bounce ideas off to test their merit: I use my sister as a sounding-board before making big decisions.
Also spelled as two words or one.
Frequency-amplifying device
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- soundboxVibration-amplifying cavity
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
echo · projection · acoustics · timbre · tonality · chamber · diaphragm · membrane
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- counselorOne who advises
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- listenerOne who attends aurally
coach · guide · therapist · collaborator · peer · colleague · partner · ally
Feeling others' emotions
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
harmonics · overtones · undertones · ringing · sonority · pitch · modulation · waveform
Mental creations or plans
- inputData received for processing
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- opinionSubjective personal belief
critique · suggestions · response · impressions · evaluation · assessment · advice · recommendations
resonator
Frequency-amplifying device
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- soundboxVibration-amplifying cavity
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
reverberation · echo · projection · acoustics · timbre · tonality · chamber · diaphragm · membrane · soundwave
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- counselorOne who advises
- consultantProfessional advice provider
listener · coach · guide · therapist · collaborator · peer · colleague · partner · ally · facilitator
sympathetic
Feeling others' emotions
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
frequency · harmonics · overtones · undertones · ringing · sonority · pitch · modulation · waveform · resonating
ideas
Mental creations or plans
- inputData received for processing
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
opinion · critique · suggestions · response · impressions · evaluation · assessment · advice · recommendations · observations
sounding-boardyes-man
Uncritical agreeable subordinate
sycophant · flatterer · toady · rubber stamp · enabler
sounding-boardbrick wall
Stacked masonry partition
black hole · dead end · vacuum · deaf ear · void
sounding-boardsoundproofing
Preventing noise transmission
acoustic foam · muffler · silencer · baffle
sound, sounding, sounds, sounded, soundly, soundness, unsound, resound, resounding