NASAL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

nasal

adjective

Definition of nasal

as in strident

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Recent Examples of nasal People thought the rapper’s distinctively nasal voice had developed an unlikely kinship with Morrissey. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026 In microgravity, where objects appear to be weightless, fluids drift upward toward the head, which can cause swelling, nasal congestion and changes in pressure around the mouth and throat. — Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 Lacy’s voice is nasal and occasionally a little wonky, which gives it unusual warmth. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 Players will also breathe in molecular hydrogen — used to lower stress and lactate levels — through a nasal cannula. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nasal

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nasal

Adjective

Teams take on the personality of their leaders, sometimes to the chagrin of those seeking something more strident.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Third, the family might have a strident belief that AI will aid their individual and collective challenges, serve each member, and yet also aid the family unit as a whole.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

There are two types of TBIs, penetrating and non-penetrating.

— Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.

— Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024

Definition of penetrating

Adjective

Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.

— Stephen A. Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.

— Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023

Definition of earsplitting

Adjective

Days turn crisp, aspens begin streaking the valley with gold and summer crowds thin in Grand Teton National Park.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Unlike mainstream fusion projects such as tokamaks, the Texatron does not rely on giant superconducting magnets to hold a thin gas in place for long periods.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026