BELL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

bell

verb

Definition of bell

as in to shout

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Recent Examples of bell 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell

Verb

Alonso threw his bat and shouted toward his teammates in the visiting dugout upon impact — an image Mets fans can instantly recall from his most famous long ball with New York in 2024’s wild-card series.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Emmys presenter and huge fan Marcello Hernández shouted out the newlyweds from the stage, saying hi to Zendaya.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of shout

Verb

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
Leithauser was the distinctive, often howling voice of the Walkmen, while Rostam was a songwriter and producer in Vampire Weekend.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of howl

Verb

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
When his mother-in-law arrived at the home soon after, Flynn wailed and collapsed on the front porch, bodycam footage showed.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of wail

Verb

Stop and think of what the same bozos yelling about Sweeney would say if Lizzo was holding a couple of footballs over her rack.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
An employee who knew about Elliott’s miscarriage and worked that day also witnessed Sanders yelling at Elliott.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of yell

Verb

The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Hundreds of spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard dressed in rainbow tutus, dresses and shirts, whooping and waving as the Long Beach Pride parade rolled past Sunday morning.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026