CLAMANT Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

clamant

adjective

ˈklā-mənt

Definition of clamant

as in vocal

engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest clamant students gathered outside the college president's office, protesting the denial of tenure for the popular professor

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as in urgent

needing immediate attention faced with utter bankruptcy, she didn't think that moist skin was one of her clamant needs at that moment

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Adjective

Marshall’s campaign has claimed without evidence that the Democratic nominee bussed in the vocal audience members.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Its warped vocal harmonies are ripe and sour, including guest appearances from the band’s friends, and off-kilter squiggles on steel guitar deviate from their usual pattern.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of vocal

Adjective

Controversy was never very far from Barr, who has been open about her own mental health issues and defiantly outspoken about her politics, which have grown increasingly right-wing and conspiratorial.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
The longtime community and labor organizer has been an outspoken progressive voice in the state legislature since she was elected in 2020.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of outspoken

Adjective

Looking forward, adding Tesla will simply make a new SpaceX’s huge need for cash far more acute.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
For North Carolina, where our infrastructure recently received a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the need for ongoing federal funding for road and highway improvements feels particularly acute.

— Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of acute

Adjective

There, the nationalist instincts driving Rubio’s speech found more vociferous expression.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
The Sun, who now begin the process of relocating to Houston for next season, gave their loyal, vociferous and orange-clad fans a goodbye present, a 95-81 victory over the Toronto Tempo, just a little something to remember them by.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of vociferous

Adjective

This blatant, quid pro quo charade with Putin confirms that America’s values and priorities have never been his own.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Such actions are scaring people away from coming to court, whether as witnesses, defendants or observers, Bonta said, and amount to a blatant abuse of power.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of blatant

Adjective

In the late 19th century, the Devil’s Mile was an avatar of urban development—the site of an elevated train that cut a clamorous swath through the teeming neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan.

— J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Bossy’s direction raises the clamorous volume instead of sorting out the disordered structure or digging into the unexamined silences.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of clamorous

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