Synonyms of chiming

chiming 1 of 2

adjective

as in mellifluous

Related Words

• mellifluous
• echoing
• flowing
• tuneful
• harmonizing
• melodious
• musical
• blending
• melodic
• dulcet
• symphonic
• resonant
• euphonic
• euphonious
• mellifluent
• sonorous
• symphonious
• harmonious
• mellow
• rhythmic
• sweet
• canorous
• warbling
• trilling
• appealing
• pleasant
• lilting
• harmonic
• quavering
• lyrical
• orchestral
• polyphonic
• lyric
• tonal
• chordal
• agreeable
• cadenced
• songful
• homophonic
• songlike

Dissimilar Words

• dissonant
• discordant
• shrill
• metallic
• strident
• tuneless
• scratching
• unmusical
• inharmonious
• disharmonious
• raucous
• harsh
• squeaky
• blaring
• jarring
• raspy
• clashing
• grating
• unpleasant
• unmelodious
• disagreeable
• jangling
• clattering
• clanging
• screeching
• unpleasing
• atonal
• off-key

chiming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of chime

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
• corresponding
• correlating
• harmonizing
• coordinating
• matching
• agreeing
• grooving
• conforming
• balancing
• consorting
• assorting
• chiming in
• meeting
• merging
• paralleling
• dovetailing
• coalescing
• fusing
• squaring
• tallying
• hanging together
• bonding
• cohering
• conjoining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conflicting
• contrasting
• differing
• colliding
• countering
• contradicting
• diverging
• clashing
• offsetting
• jarring
• counteracting
• canceling (out)
• negating

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
• pealing
• jingling
• knelling
• echoing
• bonging
• tinkling
• clanging
• clinking
• pinging
• clanking
• clashing
• resonating
• reverberating
• tingling
• plunking
• gonging
• jangling
• dinging
• chinking
• tanging
• plinking
• resounding
• 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
• rehearsing
• dinning
• summarizing
• paraphrasing
• mouthing
• parroting
• rewording
• outlining
• recapitulating
• recapping
• encapsulating
• summing up
• abstracting
• reechoing
• epitomizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chiming

Adjective

If there was any rust on the outfit from nine years of inactivity, it was knocked off the instant the song’s trademark chiming riff gave way to the thwack of Lynch’s snare drum, bringing the band to life. — Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

At Chopard, the centuries-old chiming complication is elevated to the hilt with sapphire-crystal gongs. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 16 June 2026

The sentence kept going, swelling to paragraph length and encompassing all of human nature in a chiming succession of clauses. — New York Times, 9 June 2026

Next to the tourbillon’s prosaic function as a foil for the effects of gravity on accuracy, the minute repeater’s more poetic chiming function is a welcome departure from the obsession with chronometry. — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

The combination of the chiming, delayed guitar, twiddly ‘80s synths, weird time signatures and Fish’s unique lyrics and vocal delivery all added up to a very intriguing listen. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 8 May 2026

On his latest album, the Russian producer crafts distinctive dub techno rhythms inspired by the chiming repetitions of Indonesian gamelan music. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026

Layered harmonies – with an assist from Ed Sheeran – and chiming guitars tell a story inspired by Taras Topolia and is written in the form of a letter from a solider on active duty. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026

Verb

The loud-mouthed cameos from ex-soccer players Zlatan Ibrahimović and Eric Cantona in Nike’s World Cup hero film Rip the Script were indicative of this, chiming with an older, more arrogant vision of Nike seen in the ’90s and the aughts. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Each barrel ahs a separate and independent gear train, one providing energy to the gear train that powers the time and perpetual calendar indications (with a 48-hour power reserve), and the other to the gear train that drives the chiming functions. — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026

Like a godsend Gregoria appears at a jog, her ring of keys chiming. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

The church bells had been a constant companion during my stay in Valoria la Buena, chiming every hour on the hour since my arrival. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Soon after the post went up, Grado said, her Venmo started chiming. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

When ships passed through the channel, residents would wave towels and sheets out their windows, Franciscans chiming the hilltop monastery’s bells as a friendly welcome. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026

The chiming from phones was music to everyone’s ears. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 May 2026

Harris suggests that the feature’s unapologetically positive vibe and message, is chiming with audiences in the current geopolitical climate, citing the success of Neal Street’s Hamnet as well as Call the Midwife. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 May 2026