chime

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHIME

to form a pleasing relationship <the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine>

Synonyms agree, assort, blend, chime, chime in, conform, consort, coordinate, groove

Related Words balance, correlate, correspond, dovetail, hang together, match; meet, parallel; bond, coalesce, cohere, conjoin, fuse, merge, square, tally

Near Antonyms contradict, contrast, counter, differ, diverge, jar; cancel (out), counteract, negate, offset

Antonyms clash, collide, conflict

to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates <the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat>

Synonyms bong, chime, knell, peal, toll

Related Words chink, clang, clank, clash, clink, ding, ding-dong, gong, jangle, jingle, ping, plink, plunk (or plonk), tang, tingle, tinkle; echo, resonate, resound, reverberate

to say or state again <TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over>

Synonyms chime, din, iterate, rehearse, reiterate

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