Clues for the word "SOUND"
We've had 84 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 123 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 06, 2026.
Definition of sound
- n. - The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
- n. - A cuttlefish.
- superl. - Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
- superl. - Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
- superl. - Firm; strong; safe.
- superl. - Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
- superl. - Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
- superl. - heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
- superl. - Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
- superl. - Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
- adv. - Soundly.
- n. - A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
- v. t. - To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
- v. t. - Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- v. t. - To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
- v. i. - To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- n. - Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
- n. - The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
- n. - The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
- n. - Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
- v. i. - To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
- v. i. - To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- v. i. - To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
- v. t. - To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
- v. t. - To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
- v. t. - To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
- v. t. - To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
- v. t. - To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
- v. t. - To signify; to import; to denote.
Referring Clues
- Unflawed
- Levelheaded
- Boating locale
- Ping or pong
- Valid
- Not going bankrupt
- Solid as a rock
- With 47-Down, speaker's place
- In good shape
- It travels at Mach-1
- Auditory effect
- Healthy
- With 50-Down, vehicle with a PA system
- Long Island ___
- Ding or ting
- Rational
- Logical
- Like logical reasoning
- In good condition
- Robust
- Seem to be
- Alaska's Prince William, e.g.
- Puget or Pamlico, e.g.
- Solid
- Island-mainland separator
- Puget, e.g.
- Sensible
- Alaska's Prince William ___
- In good health
- Long Island ___
- Wide inlet
- Noise
- Squeak or creak
- Sensible, as a strategy
- Reliable
- 'The ___ of Music'
- Safe's partner
- Well-thought-out
- Anything heard
- Safe and ___ (out of danger)
- Audible waves
- Well-constructed
- Audible air vibration
- Silence breaker
- Well thought-out
- Ting or ping
- Dive, as a whale
- Oscar category
- Now hear this!
- The obvious theme of this puzzle
- Like a good proof
- Audio
- Logically valid
- Fathom
- Noise, for example
- Puget, for one
- Healthy noise
- Good - noise
- Go off, that's all right
- What we hear is good
- Pronounce fit
- Fit, well and abroad
- It's wise to go off and cry
- Stable with cat of a "long and sad tale" - which idiot's tale's 18?
- Without defect
- Air waves?
- Auditory stimulus
- Noise heard by the Seine?
- Safe stretch of water, that's what we hear
- Ocean inlet or deep bay
- The wrong way for Greek character to be buried in the earth
- See 17
- Recording of Logical Song
- Utterance
- OK for audio
- Channel something heard well
- Valid, as an argument
- Loudspeaker output
- Sensible (advice)
- "Bang" or "boing"
- Are not quiet when healthy
- "___ familiar?"
- With 42-Down, Oscars category from 1963 to 2019
- "How does that ___?"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 06, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - November 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 15, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 28, 2024
- USA Today - February 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 24, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2023
- USA Today - September 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 04, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 24, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 06, 2022
- New York Times - April 03, 2022
- Guardian Quiptic - January 29, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2017
- Netword - December 03, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - November 24, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - September 17, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 16, 2017
- Universal - July 27, 2017
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