trumpet

trumpet

verb

Definition of TRUMPET

1

to make known openly or publicly <the losing party lost no time in trumpeting allegations of election fraud>

Synonyms advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet

Related Words bark, call (off or out), cry; bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]; knell, ring, toll; blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff; disseminate, spread; disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show; advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify; communicate, impart, intimate

Near Antonyms conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke

2

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively <critics trumpeted the band's latest album as the best of the decade>

Synonyms ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, glorify, trumpet, tub-thump

Related Words acclaim, applaud, extol (also extoll), laud, magnify; commend, compliment, eulogize; advance, advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize; assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce