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sonorous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

deep, full, and resonant in sound

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Sonorous in a sentence

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His sonorous voice filled the entire auditorium.

Synonyms
resonantrichbooming
Antonyms
thinmuted

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Sonorous (adjective) means deep, full, and resonant in sound
Here is sonorous used in an example sentence: "His sonorous voice filled the entire auditorium."
Common synonyms for sonorous include resonant, rich, booming.
Antonyms of sonorous include thin, muted.
Sonorous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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