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

As a neo-New Wave guy with a heartland jones and drama-king chops, Flowers isn’t bad cosplaying his heroes, even if his brawny rock-opera vocal approach is a bit short on the conversational warmth that makes for truly memorable country singing.

— Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
The Guatemalan epidemic has been traced back to a gathering in Santiago Atitlán in December 2025 that was organized by a Christian megachurch whose leaders have been vocal about their anti-vaccine views.

— Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of vocal

Adjective

This is becoming more urgent, Azam says, as these disasters become more frequent, but experts lack data to better identify the areas that are most at risk of future disasters like this.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Amol Rajan, the BBC Radio 4 Today show presenter, has called for urgent action to save the UK national broadcaster from an existential emergency.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of urgent

Adjective

Strahan has been outspoken about his kids in the past, sharing in 2025 that his daughter Isabella Strahan had been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, two years prior.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Davis has long been an outspoken advocate for diversity and Black representation, especially in the entertainment industry.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of outspoken

Adjective

Newcastle’s opposition, Liverpool, will join the vociferous appreciation and the towering noise will match the stands Keegan built.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Despite that, wealthy opponents of the tax have been vociferous, and the Mamdani administration’s rollout of it has been highly scrutinized.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of vociferous

Adjective

Some critics have argued that the watermark will prove largely ineffective for flagging anything short of blatant chatbot use.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Compounding this economic instability is blatant domestic corruption defined by self-enrichment.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of blatant

Adjective

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, confirmed to be playing a dual role as both Helen of Troy and her half sister Clytemnestra, has received perhaps the most clamorous backlash.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
The effect is sometimes unnecessarily clamorous, but the core of the drama is quietly gripping.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of clamorous

Adjective

The household surveys always noisy, but this is very, very large.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
For three decades, in an increasingly noisy and stress-filled world, Miraval Arizona has embraced its philosophy of Life in Balance, pioneering the concept of transformative wellbeing through mindfulness.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of noisy

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