BLARES Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

blares 1 of 2

noun

plural of blare

as in roars

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again

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blares

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blare

as in announces

to make known openly or publicly was it really necessary to blare that private quarrel to the whole world?

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Recent Examples of blares

Noun

At random times throughout the night, a bullhorn siren blares. —

Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 Each hole has flashing barriers down the sides, and it’s all surrounded by glow-in-dark figures and video screens as music blares. —

Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026 Lunch at sea is both ceremony and routine; boats cluster, music blares, and caffè amaro in mare—bitter coffee at sea—is lowered to swimmers who look tiny against the backdrop of grottos and faraglioni (sea stacks). —

Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026 And then someone who has forgotten to silence their phone opens TikTok and the 6-7 second sound blares. —

Sean Cho Ayres, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025 Tramel conversationally chants as pulsing synths flare and wild guitar blares. —

Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

From Steve Buttleman who blares the bugle before every race to the bartenders who make the Mint Juleps, every detail adds to the grand moment when Race 12 begins and ends. —

Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 May 2026 Moscow — High-energy pop music blares out across the atrium of a glitzy shopping mall in a middle-class Moscow suburb. —

Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 Typically, Jokic is the default answer when the fire alarm blares. —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 The lights around the ballpark flash on and off while the music blares, moments before Miller turns the lights off on whichever unfortunate hitters have to face him. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Live music by the Eastport Oyster Boys and the Naptown Brass Band blares from the bandstand. —

Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026 The only certainty in these films is that the self-righteous Optimus Prime will always preach some long-winded, sleep-inducing monologue at the end of the movie before a radio-friendly Linkin Park or Imagine Dragons song blares over the credits. —

Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026 After This is the One, the obligatory Premier League anthem blares out as the players shake hands with opponents and officials. —

Andy Mitten, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025 Where the walls talk and the music blares. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blares

Noun

Grant Park also won’t hear the roars of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race, a two-day extravaganza, now on a one-year hiatus, that filled the lakefront and downtown hotels in 2025.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Both of them suggest the guitarist Loren Connors leading the early roars of Earth, his intuitive way of navigating the instrument’s neck bolstered by a formidable wall of hum at his back.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026