BELL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

bell

verb

Definition of bell

as in to shout

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Recent Examples of bell 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 Connecticut’s General Assembly is now considering making bell-to-bell cellphone bans official state policy. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell

Verb

Marisa Ansaldo had collapsed and someone had shouted out to call an ambulance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
As for other mentors in the music industry, Thomas, who won his first three Grammys earlier in 2026, also shouted out Ty Dolla $ign.

— Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of shout

Verb

This Lusitania didn’t sink as a formal band played, but the ticking of each man’s pocket watch synchronized to form a furious percussion section, and all those wailing women’s voices layered into girl-group harmonies.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Instead of wailing in agony after sampling the vengefully spiked bird, Prince fell in love with it and founded the BBQ Chicken Shack in 1945.

— Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

Definition of wail

Verb

Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
One of them confronted Wesley, who allegedly began to yell at the other counselor and demanded to know what was going on.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of yell

Verb

Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried.

— Chalinee Thirasupa, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Once at the station, Komoroski is seen at first refusing to sit and once seated, starts to cry.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of cry

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