reverberative

re·ver·ber·a·tive
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UK/ɹɪˈvɜː.bə.ɹə.tɪv/UK/ɹəˈvɜː.bɹə.tɪv/US/ɹəˈvɝ.bəˌɹeɪ.tɪv/

adjective

Tending to reverberate or reflect.

“reverberative sounds”

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectivereverberative (comparative more reverberative, superlative most reverberative)

comparative more reverberative · superlative most reverberative

  1. Tending to reverberate or reflect.

    reverberative sounds

    2 more examples

    reverberative effects

    This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the maſs upon its centres.

    1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section VII, page 76

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacterized by resonance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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“reverberative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverberative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverberative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverberative.

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