Thesaurus
:
sibilant
T
hesaurus
sibilant
English
Adjective
Sense: characterized by a hissing sound
Synonyms
hissing
hissy
sibilatory
sibilant
sibilous
Hyponyms
fizzly
sizzly
swishy
swooshy
whispery
whistly
whizzy
whooshy
zippy
zingy
Various
snakelike
Further reading
“
409. sibilation
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
sibilant
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.