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

Rhymes with CLAMOR

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

²clamor

verb

clam·oredclam·or·ing \ˈklam-riŋ, ˈkla-mər-iŋ\

Definition of CLAMOR

intransitive verb

1

: to make a din

2

: to become loudly insistent <clamored for his impeachment>

transitive verb

1

: to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

2

: to influence by means of clamor

First Known Use of CLAMOR

14th century

Rhymes with CLAMOR

crammer, glamour, hammer, rammer, scammer, spammer, stammer, yammer

³clamor

transitive verb

Definition of CLAMOR

obsolete

: silence

Origin of CLAMOR

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1611