WHISPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does whisper mean?
• WHISPER (noun)
The noun WHISPER has 2 senses:
1. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
2. the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
Familiarity information: WHISPER used as a noun is rare.
• WHISPER (verb)
The verb WHISPER has 1 sense:
1. speak softly; in a low voice
Familiarity information: WHISPER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHISPER (noun)
Meaning:
Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
whisper; susurration; voicelessness; whispering
Hypernyms ("whisper" is a kind of...):
speaking; speech production (the utterance of intelligible speech)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whisper"):
stage whisper (a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast)
Meaning:
The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
rustle; whispering; rustling; whisper
Hypernyms ("whisper" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
• WHISPER (verb)
Meaning:
Speak softly; in a low voice
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "whisper" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue whisper
Antonym:
shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))
