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sound
/saʊnd/SOUND
Local meaning
Good, decent, trustworthy, kind, or agreeable.
Calling someone sound usually praises their character or helpfulness. It can also approve a plan or acknowledge a favour, with a meaning close to decent, fair, or all good.
Examples in context
- Your new housemate is sound.
- Sound, I’ll meet you there at seven.
How it is used
The word can describe a person or work as a short positive response. Tone distinguishes sincere praise from routine acknowledgment.
Warm, approving, grateful, relaxed, or matter-of-fact.
Friendship, work, plans, thanks, and recommendations.
Commonly understood in Ireland; naturalness varies by region, generation, and relationship.
It usually evaluates character or acceptability, not audio quality.
Spelling and scope
Contemporary Irish English, with regional and generational variation.
- Search and reference forms
he's soundshe's soundsound outsound person
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Common patterns
- he’s sound
- sound, thanks
- a sound lad
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
These sources support the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or cultural context. The entry remains open to correction from Irish speakers, regional communities, and qualified reviewers.
- The Oxford Handbook of Irish EnglishOxford University Press
Comprehensive scholarly overview of English varieties across the island of Ireland, including history, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, pragmatics, and regional variation.
- The Vocabulary of Irish EnglishOxford Academic
Scholarly chapter on the vocabulary of Irish English and the corpus evidence used to describe it.