sounder /ˈsaʊndɚ/noun 9forms 1 noun9 •Something or someone who makes a sound. •An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound. •A device for making soundings at sea. •A person who takes soundings. •A fishfinder. •A group of wild boar.Members of a sounder share a home range, and often move around their home range in a group (feral pigs, Gabor et al.,1999). — 2008 •A young boar. •Synonym of sting (“brief musical sequence in television etc.”). •[plural only] (old-fashioned) A stethoscope. formssounders