Synonyms for sonic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : son-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒn ɪk

Top 10 synonyms for sonic

Other synonyms for the word sonic

Définition of sonic

Origin : 1923, from Latin sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)) + -ic. Sonic boom is attested from 1952.

As in sensory : adj affecting animate nerve organs

Example sentences :

Like a sonic direction finder, Buregarde turned his head and listened.
Extract from : « History Repeats » by George Oliver Smith

"No, it is not sonic control," Brucco answered with a sober face.
Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison

Ashe touched the find and then gave the alert via the sonic code.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

Loy's box, with its recorded English words and its sonic detectors, could translate for its master, too.
Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

Then they tried other weapons—pistols, sonic beams, grenades—but always wearing protective equipment.
Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova

Carmody shrugged, and Starza calmly took out a sonic pistol and shot him in the belly.
Extract from : « Exploiter's End » by James Causey

It is doubtful if the peak of expenditures will be reached even under present legislation for sonic time yet to come.
Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge » by Calvin Coolidge

An accelerating, effortless flight, a faint tremor as they passed the sonic barrier, then no sensory impressions at all.
Extract from : « The Mighty Dead » by William Campbell Gault

Orbicular: round and flat, the diameters of the plane equal: in sonic moths, a round or oval macula in the median cell.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

Below them a soft, barely audible whine ascended the sonic scale to a point of irritating inaudibility.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

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