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

2 senses of sibilation

Sense 1
hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation -- (a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience")
       => 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")

Sense 2
sibilation, assibilation -- (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)
       => pronunciation -- (the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation")

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