Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun guttural

1 sense of guttural

Sense 1
guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant -- (a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat)
       => consonant -- (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Antonyms of adj guttural

1 of 2 senses of guttural

Sense 1
croaky, guttural -- (like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs")

INDIRECT (VIA cacophonous) -> euphonious, euphonous -- (having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter")

Similarity of adj guttural

2 senses of guttural

Sense 1
croaky, guttural -- (like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs")
       => cacophonous (vs. euphonious), cacophonic -- (having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten)

Sense 2
guttural -- (relating to or articulated in the throat; "the glottal stop and uvular `r' and `ch' in German `Bach' are guttural sounds")

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