Synonyms of blares

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roars
• noises
• rattles
• chatters
• clatters
• clamors
• decibels
• commotions
• cacophonies
• dins
• rackets
• bangs
• bruits
• bluster
• brawls
• bowwows
• discordances
• katzenjammers
• booms
• discords
• dissonances
• jangles
• blasts
• babels
• clangors
• furors
• claps
• crashes
• uproars
• rumpuses
• tumults
• hurly-burlies
• hubbubs
• hullabaloos
• cracks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silences
• stills
• quiets
• calms
• hushes
• lulls
• serenities
• tranquilities
• quietudes

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?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announces
• proclaims
• publishes
• declares
• advertises
• posts
• promulgates
• broadcasts
• trumpets
• discloses
• sounds
• enunciates
• heralds
• publicizes
• annunciates
• reveals
• flashes
• runs with
• promotes
• blazes
• releases
• beats the drum (for or about)
• gives out
• placards
• cries
• reports
• spreads
• disseminates
• barks
• introduces
• rings
• shows
• blazons
• informs
• notifies
• bulletins
• calls (off or out)
• imparts
• features
• billboards
• knells
• tolls
• divulges
• manifests
• puffs
• gazettes
• blurbs
• communicates
• apprises
• bills
• plugs
• advises
• intimates
• hands down
• kithes
• pitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conceals
• suppresses
• silences
• withholds
• recalls
• retracts
• revokes
• hushes (up)
• recants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blares

Noun

Handwashing stations are ubiquitous and the central square blares announcements telling the people of Ituri not to panic. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 15 June 2026

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

But in a perfect world, James would be a Timberwolf, coming out on opening night with Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball and Jaden McDaniels as the old nWo Wolfpac theme blares on the sound system at Target Center. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 13 July 2026

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

Where the walls talk and the music blares. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025