Rung Synonyms and Antonyms

rŭng
One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. round
  2. bar
  3. crosspiece
  4. crossbar
  5. level
  6. tread
  7. rod
  8. step
  9. spoke
  10. degree
  11. grade
  12. peg
  13. rundle
  14. point
  15. rime
  16. stage
  17. board
  18. rundle (of a ladder)
  19. notch
  20. stave
To give forth sound by ringing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tolled
  2. pealed
  3. knelled
  4. vibrated
  5. jangled
  6. struck
  7. jingled
  8. chimed
  9. reverberated
  10. resounded
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. phoned
  2. telephoned
  3. summoned
  4. called
  5. dialed
  6. buzzed
Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. surrounded
  2. girdled
  3. girt
  4. encompassed
  5. belted
  6. tolled
  7. confined
  8. syndicated
  9. sounded
  10. banded
  11. reverberated
  12. skirted
  13. resounded
  14. bordered
  15. mobbed
  16. looped
  17. knelled
  18. grouped
  19. enclosed
  20. rimmed
  21. compassed
  22. circled
  23. encircled
  24. environed
  25. collared
  26. circumnavigated
  27. chimed
Antonyms:
  1. freed
Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. knelled

Words Related to Rung

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. big
  2. opened
  3. edged
  4. ladder
  5. hop-ups

Rung Sentence Examples

  • The bells of the churches were rung as they passed.

  • She realized the doorbell had rung not once but twice.

  • The skellat, or fire-bell, is not rung now.

  • I'll agree, if I won't be second rung to your duty or other women.

  • It is said that when he preached in the Dominican church of Metz, the bells were rung to drown his voice, but his voice outdid the bells, and on the next occasion he had three thousand hearers.

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