BELL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

bell

verb

Definition of bell

as in to shout

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Recent Examples of bell Part of the district’s new instructional model includes teaching from bell to bell to spend as much time as possible delivering instruction. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 Fazio wants a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools; so does Lamont. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 Officials rang the alarm bell about an advanced new artificial intelligence model that could pose an unprecedented cybersecurity threat to the nation's top financial institutions. — Matt Peterson,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Should schools ban phones from bell to bell? — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 June 2026

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Verb

The engines were so loud the commandos would have had to shout to be heard.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Use ‘we’ then ‘I’ Start by shouting out your colleagues, then mention your specific actions.

— Melody Wilding, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of shout

Verb

The masked figure then loops back, and a howling Wood appears in the frame.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Late one night in October, 2017, Jane Marx, a landscape architect in the wine country of Northern California, woke up to the smell of smoke and the sound of an eerie, howling wind.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of howl

Verb

Luann is unfazed and unmoving, cigar in hand, fedora on her head, posing for the camera despite the woman wailing from beneath her ass.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
There are times to speak and times to be silent, and times for people to cry, and even a time to wail.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of wail

Verb

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Things escalate as the two share a car ride home from a fancy gala and the bad man yells at her for embarrassing him.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of yell

Verb

The father-daughter pair embraced as Verlander started to cry, and the crowd quickly rose to their feet for a standing ovation.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Paramount’s Heart of the Beast leaves audiences moved and crying, including Deadline chief critic Pete Hammond.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of cry

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