Clamour

/ˈklæm.ə/

Synonyms for "clamour" (27 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (8)

Noun(8 words)
cry outdemanddindissentevoke protesthue and crynoiseoutcry

Related words (13)

Noun(13 words)
petitionpress forpressureprotestroarroaringshoutspark controversystir up oppositiontrigger protestuproarvociferationyell

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

20 entries
callcause disturbancecrydemandexpressexpress demandexpress protestgive tongue toinduce responsemake noisenoiseoutcryshouturge for actionutter

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

15 entries
call for reformdemand for actiondissenting voicesmarket dinmass demonstrationmass protestopposition voicespetition for reliefpetitionsshoutstadium roarstreet demonstrationstreet noiseviolent protestyell

Collocations

11 entries
clamour for changeclamour for reformclamour outside Parliamentcrowd noisegenerate clamourmass protestpolitical clamourpopular pressurepublic clamourpublic outcrystreet demonstration

Inflections

6 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful.

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Each of them thus wished the vintage at an end, so that they might return to their usual haunts and, instead of this senseless clamour, hear the sound of their pipes and the bleating of their sheep.

Source: tatoeba (6212612)

Then come the clamour and the trumpet's blare.

Source: tatoeba (6817014)

There was a lot of clamour in the venue before the performance began.

Source: tatoeba (10128828)

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