chime
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈchīm 
: the edge or rim of a cask or drum
chime
2 of 3verb
chimed; chiming
intransitive verb
1
a
: to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound
b
: to make the sounds of a chime
2
: to be or act in accord
transitive verb
1
: to cause to sound musically by striking
2
: to produce by chiming
3
: to call or indicate by chiming
the clock chimed midnight
4
: to utter repetitively : din sense 2
chimer noun
chime
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2
a
: a musically tuned set of bells
b
: one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3
a
: the sound of a set of bells —usually used in plural
b
: a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4
: accord, harmony
such happy chime of fact and theory
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Synonyms
Verb
- agree
- assort
- blend
- chime in
- conform
- consort
- coordinate
- groove
- harmonize
Noun (2)
- jingle
- tinkle
- tintinnabulation
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Example Sentences
Verb The music and the mood chimed well together. the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask
Noun (2)
Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing chime
Kids Definition
chime 1 of 2
verb
ˈchīm
chimed; chiming
1
: to make sounds like a bell
2
: to call or indicate by chiming
The clock chimed midnight.
chime
2 of 2noun
1
: a set of bells tuned to play music
door chimes
2
: the sound from a set of bells —usually used in pl.
the chimes of a church bell
chiming 1 of 2
adjective
as in echoing
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- echoing
- mellifluous
- flowing
- harmonizing
- blending
- tuneful
- dulcet
- melodious
- melodic
- musical
- symphonic
- resonant
- warbling
- mellifluent
- trilling
- euphonious
- euphonic
- sonorous
- symphonious
- quavering
- harmonious
- rhythmic
- mellow
- sweet
- canorous
- appealing
- lilting
- cadenced
- pleasant
- harmonic
- songful
- lyrical
- orchestral
- songlike
- polyphonic
- lyric
- tonal
- chordal
- rhythmical
- agreeable
- homophonic
- polyphonous
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dissonant
- shrill
- discordant
- tuneless
- strident
- metallic
- clanging
- jangling
- scratching
- disharmonious
- blaring
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- clattering
- screeching
- raucous
- inharmonious
- clashing
- jarring
- squeaky
- grating
- harsh
- raspy
- unpleasant
- disagreeable
- atonal
- unpleasing
- off-key
chiming
2 of 2verb
1
as in blending
to form a pleasing relationship the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine Synonyms & Similar Words
- blending
- harmonizing
- corresponding
- correlating
- coordinating
- grooving
- matching
- agreeing
- balancing
- conforming
- assorting
- chiming in
- consorting
- meeting
- merging
- dovetailing
- paralleling
- coalescing
- squaring
- fusing
- tallying
- bonding
- hanging together
- cohering
- conjoining
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- conflicting
- colliding
- contrasting
- differing
- countering
- clashing
- contradicting
- jarring
- diverging
- offsetting
- counteracting
- canceling (out)
- negating
- cancelling (out)
2
as in ringing
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat Synonyms & Similar Words
- ringing
- tolling
- jingling
- bonging
- pealing
- echoing
- knelling
- clanging
- tinkling
- clinking
- pinging
- clanking
- resonating
- reverberating
- clashing
- gonging
- dinging
- jangling
- tingling
- tanging
- plunking
- plonking
- chinking
- resounding
- plinking
- ding-donging
3
as in repeating
to say or state again TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over Synonyms & Similar Words
- repeating
- reiterating
- echoing
- iterating
- coming again
- dinning
- summarizing
- paraphrasing
- rehearsing
- rewording
- mouthing
- parroting
- recapping
- recapitulating
- encapsulating
- outlining
- summing up
- reechoing
- abstracting
- epitomizing
- blot
- blot on the escutcheon
- blot one's copybook
- blot out
- blotch
- blotched
- blotches
- blotchier
- eau de cologne
- eau de ja
- eau de javel
- eau de javel green
- eau de Javelle
- eau de nile
- eau de parfum
- eau de parfums
- eau de toilette
- eau de toilettes
- eau-de-vie
- eau-de-vie de marc
- eaus
- eaux
- eaux de cologne
- eaux de javelle
- eaux de nile