Entry Word: clamor

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a violent shouting <a clamor arose from the crowd as the prisoner was brought forward>

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

Related Words clangor, din, jangle, racket

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

2 loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sound <the clamor of a dozen kids practicing the trumpet at once> — see noise 1