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buzz has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
fly low
“Planes buzzed the crowds in the square”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for buzz come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
call with a buzzer
“he buzzed the servant”
a confusion of activity and gossip
“the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued”