Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to audible sound: a sonic wave.
- adj. Having a speed approaching or being that of sound in air, about 1,220 kilometers (760 miles) per hour at sea level.
- adj. Slang Extremely exciting and fast-paced: a sonic lifestyle.
Wiktionary
- adj. of or relating to sound
- adj. having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
- adj. relating to audible sound
Etymologies
- From Latin sonus. (Wiktionary)
- From Latin sonus, a sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Usually when scientists use the term sonic, they're talking about soundwaves or things moving at the speed of sound.”
“Our last eyewitness actually hearing what she described as a sonic boom before that plane went down.”
“On his new album, "Earfood," made with his Quintet, Hargrove stayed close to the standard sound to create what he calls sonic pleasure.”
“It channels No Age's adventures in sonic architecture into readily usable form.”
“But for me sonic is lost, Sega is trying to bring back the old blue fella in "Sonic Unleashed".”
“One of my favorite old school video game tracks was in sonic the hedgehog when you would get the invincible power up bubble.”
“| Reply what about tails and knuckles!?! well i guess sonic is good enough: - p”
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“I just want to say uhoh for seeing that super-sonic is also in the game.”
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“| Reply thats funny …. but true … suprised that sonic is not tapping his foot or something in inpatients”
“He began to play these recordings to patients during a type of healing he calls sonic induction therapy, which appears to promote systemic balance and cellular regeneration.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘sonic’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Doctor Who
Dalek, Time-Lord, timey-wimey, TARDIS, Cyberman, sonic, sonic screwdriver, Ood, universe, end of time, Big Bang, K-9 and 3 more...
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Resounding Words
great timbre
sone, sonata, resound, sonorous, consonant, unison, sonic, swan, sonant, sonnet, dissonance, scraunch and 142 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
corrosion, astonish, solace, ferment, continuum, kinesthetic, permeate, repose, caprice, cardinal, discourse, surrender and 610 more...
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tranquill's Words
loquacious, unmitigated, trundle, ephemeral, vociferous, trapezoidal, liminal, obsequious, veracity, squash, onomatopoeia, oscillate and 267 more...
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Favorite Words
quixotic, assonance, palindrome, plebeian, mezzanine, propinquity, etymology, antihero, intrepid, refractions, lawless, sesquipedalian and 237 more...
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words/names from video games
ganon, doki doki, ganondorf, toadstool, bowser, dr. robotnik, link, zelda, sonic, 1 up, kid icarus, metroid and 114 more...
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horizon, echo, undulation, resonance, reflection, acoustic, swoosh, distant, glide, interspace, marbles, radiant and 144 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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robotboy's Words
heliotrope, ether, ethereal, soft, steel, pathos, static, mesmer, gambit, captious, overture, insipid and 117 more...
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zachg's Words
verisimilitude, phenomenology, polyvalent, aleatoric, ontology, epistemology, solipsism, monad, hermeneutic, heuristic, performative, constative and 142 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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words found in calexico songs.
exactly how it sounds, son.
tremor, distorted, frontier, cruising, lost, sea, sand, poppies, cliff, blue, stains, sonic
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words about sound
mellifluous, susurrate, sibillant, aria, whispering, melodious, cacaphonous, cacophony, harmony, symphonious, phoeneme, phonic and 29 more...
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w h o' s
hysteria, hilarity, hollow, ocean, wired, wilted, winter, whisper, wanted, weave, wrong, silhouette and 28 more...
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Words Ending in C
apologetic, misanthropic, topic, tonic, iconic, psychotic, demonic, spasmodic, patriotic, galactic, sonic, picnic and 5 more...
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