Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tinkle
1 sense of tinkle
Sense 1
tinkle, tink, clink, chink -- (make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells")
=> sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")
Antonyms of adj tinkling
1 sense of tinkling
Sense 1
tinkling, tinkly -- (like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal")
INDIRECT (VIA reverberant) -> unreverberant, nonresonant -- (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate)
Similarity of adj tinkling
1 sense of tinkling
Sense 1
tinkling, tinkly -- (like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal")
=> reverberant (vs. unreverberant) -- (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon")