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Synonym Chooser

How is the word clamorous different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of clamorous are blatant, boisterous, obstreperous, strident, and vociferous. While all these words mean "so loud or insistent as to compel attention," clamorous may imply insistency as well as vociferousness in demanding or protesting.

clamorous demands for prison reforms

When would blatant be a good substitute for clamorous?

The meanings of blatant and clamorous largely overlap; however, blatant implies an offensive bellowing or insensitive loudness.

blatant rock music
a blatant clamor for impeachment

When is it sensible to use boisterous instead of clamorous?

The words boisterous and clamorous can be used in similar contexts, but boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits.

a boisterous crowd of party goers

When might obstreperous be a better fit than clamorous?

The words obstreperous and clamorous are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, obstreperous suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness and resistance to restraint.

the obstreperous demonstrators were arrested

When is strident a more appropriate choice than clamorous?

While the synonyms strident and clamorous are close in meaning, strident suggests harsh and discordant noise.

heard the strident cry of the crow

When could vociferous be used to replace clamorous?

The synonyms vociferous and clamorous are sometimes interchangeable, but vociferous implies a vehement shouting or calling out.

vociferous cries of protest and outrage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clamorous The clamorous close of the 2021 legislative session, and Walz’s role in trying to enact police reform in response to the police killings of Floyd and Wright, plays out in a cache of thousands of internal emails from the Walz administration obtained by ProPublica and the Minnesota Reformer. Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2024 After several clamorous years of electric blues power, Mayall abruptly ratcheted down the volume for two albums with Mark and Almond. Chris Morris, Variety, 23 July 2024 Running through the streets, kids got a thrill from pulling fire alarms and then hiding around the corner to see the clamorous engines arrive. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Advertisement And his high-profile presence re-introduces an insistently clamorous voice to what has lately been a nationalist-populist upswelling in Western Europe and beyond, one whose full import may soon become clear. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for clamorous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamorous
Adjective
  • The applause Edwards earned for just being there, against the nervous advice of GOP leaders, soon gave way to vocal anger over the Trump administration’s wrecking ball that’s vandalizing jobs and public services, such as veterans’ care, national parks and Social Security offices, across the nation.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The set was nominated for best Latin pop album at the Grammy awards and best pop vocal album at the Latin Grammys.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Uniformity In Spectral Reflectance: Satellites that acquire images at the same hour and angle are inherently less noisy and therefore the computer vision models’ accuracies improve.
    Elizabeth Duffy, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Last summer, a small but noisy group of venture capitalists, many of whom had criticized left-of-center workplace norms, endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While Gomez has forged a refined, ladylike look in powder-blue Prada and anticipatory bridal whites, with ornate custom Ralph Lauren and glittering Armani Prive for her red carpet appearances, Blanco loves pale linens, loud prints, and hippie hemp materials.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Olivier Rousteing at Balmain introduces a new Balmain woman — an explorer who evolved to embrace sensuality as well as her usual loud sexiness — while transforming the runway into a journey across varied landscapes.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress, whose big break came in another big musical, the remake of West Side Story, has drawn her own controversy for being a little bit outspoken, there is that.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Duckworth, herself a disabled veteran, has been particularly outspoken, calling the Administration’s actions a betrayal.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But there’s no deafening scream of a Formula 1 race.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The genteel tranquility of his $10 million estate is shattered by the deafening scream of jet traffic with the regularity of commercial airline schedules.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Biden's backers were vociferous in their defense of the president, pointing to his 2020 victory and subsequent accomplishments to hammer his critics.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 9 July 2024
  • And the tiny town of Dalton, Georgia, home of the largest solar panel manufacturing plant in the western hemisphere and source of about 2,000 jobs, is in the district represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, a vociferous climate-change skeptic who has nonetheless cheered the factory.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing; On hill and heath Let every breath Throw all its power into singing!
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
  • His ringing, carefree laugh mixed with soaring rhetoric about democracy, working families and hope.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The blatant stupidity of what is being done by our country‘s executive leadership is staggering.
    Lisa P. Rimland, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Culturally, the combination of blatant racist fear mongering and the anti-woke movement has delivered their message for the future.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Clamorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamorous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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