Noun: sonority su'nor-u-tee or su'nór-i-tee [N. Amer], su'nó-ri-tee [Brit]
- Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
"The sonority of the church bells echoed through the valley";
- plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy, vibrance
Derived forms: sonorities
Type of: quality, timbre, tone
Encyclopedia: Sonority