Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rustling
2 senses of rustling
Sense 1
rustling -- (the stealing of cattle)
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing -- (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International")
Sense 2
rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering -- (a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind)
=> noise -- (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rustle
3 senses of rustle
Sense 1
rustle -- (make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze")
=> sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")
Sense 2
rustle, lift -- (take illegally; "rustle cattle")
=> steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation")
Sense 3
rustle -- (forage food)
=> scrounge, forage -- (collect or look around for (food))
Antonyms of adj rustling
1 sense of rustling
Sense 1
murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous -- (characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren)
INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud -- (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones")
Similarity of adj rustling
1 sense of rustling
Sense 1
murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous -- (characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren)
=> soft (vs. loud) -- ((of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music")
