clamor

¹clam·or

noun \ˈkla-mər\

Definition of CLAMOR

1

a : noisy shouting b : a loud continuous noise

2

: insistent public expression (as of support or protest)

Examples of CLAMOR

1. A clamor outside woke them in the night.
2. city streets filled with clamor
3. a public clamor for an arrest in the case
4. There is growing clamor for reform.

Origin of CLAMOR

Middle English, from Anglo-French clamour, from Latin clamor, from clamare to cry out — more at claim

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CLAMOR

Synonyms: howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar, vociferation

Antonyms: quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness

Related Words: clangor, din, jangle, racket; cri de coeur, outburst, protest

Near Antonyms: mumble, mumbling, murmur, murmuring, rumble, rumbling

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Rhymes with CLAMOR

clamber, clammer, crammer, gammer, glamour, grammar, hammer, jammer, lamber, rammer, scammer, shammer, slammer, spammer, stammer, yammer