whisper

whisper is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
2. noun. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
3. noun. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
4. transitive verb. To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
5. transitive verb. To address in a whisper, or low voice.
6. transitive verb. To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
7. noun. A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
8. noun. A cautious or timorous speech.
9. noun. Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation.
10. noun. A low, sibilant sound.
11. noun. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

    Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whispering

12. noun. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

    Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whispering

13. verb. speak softly; in a low voice

Synonyms

susurration, voicelessness, whispering, rustle, rustling

Common word forms

whispers, whispered, whisperer, whispering, whisperous, whisperable, whisperless

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