BOOS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of boo

as in snorts

a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos

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verb

present tense third-person singular of boo

as in jeers

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The boos at Michigan Stadium on Saturday came through loud and clear on the broadcast. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Commentary and opinion Kawhi Leonard is a Hall of Fame scam artist who deserves Clippers fans’ boos, sports columnist Mirjam Swanson argues. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The Clippers being terrible will make Ballmer less cool and guarantee a chorus of boos from the $2 billion stadium the team just opened, which is going to be a lot emptier for a while. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 When Marte came up to the plate for his first at-bat, he was met with a chorus of boos. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Referee Paul Turner interrupted the strikes, resulting in boos from Wembley. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Some boos and whistles could be heard from the crowd, tired of seeing Miami’s defensive lapses. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 There were only boos — from a mighty contingent of Dolphins fans in a far-from-full Hard Rock Stadium. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025

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Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026

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