Resonate

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/

Definitions

1. To vibrate in sympathy with a sound or idea, or to evoke a deep emotional response by striking a chord with someone's beliefs or experiences
2. To vibrate sympathetically at a particular frequency or to strike a deep emotional chord with an audience through meaningful alignment
3. To emit or be suffused with a rich, echoing sound ; to create an emotional impact by connecting with personal or shared values

Etymology: The verb "resonate" is a late arrival from Latin, borrowed directly from "resonare", meaning "to sound back" or "to echo". The Latin word combines "re-", "again" or "back", with "sonare", "to sound", which is the root of the English "sound" and "sonic". So the core idea, sound returning from a surface, is built into its structure before any figurative sense appeared. The Latin verb itself is a compound of "re-" and "sonō", "I make a noise", and its ancestry reaches back to an Indo-European root for sound. English took it over as a learned word, and the modern senses of vibrating in sympathy and of striking a chord with someone are extensions of the original echo.

Synonyms: echo, resound, vibrate, reverberate, ring

Antonyms: silence, dull, mute, quiet, subdue