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hail

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hail

1 a heavy fall of objects
  • A hail of small stones warned them of the oncoming avalanche.
Synonyms of hail

rain, shower, storm
Words Related to hail

barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volley

flood, gush, rush, spate, torrent

eruption, outbreak, outburst
2 a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
  • Even under the hail of angry questions, the press secretary stayed cool.
Synonyms of hail

barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, salvo, shower, storm, volley
Words Related to hail

broadside, earful

avalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrent

current, river, stream, tide

excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
Near Antonyms of hail

dribble, drip, trickle
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hail

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hail

range of hearing
  • Stay within hail of the restaurant's front desk so you'll know when your table is ready.
Synonyms of hail

earshot, hearing, sound
Words Related to hail

volume

distance, sight

hail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hail

1 to declare enthusiastic approval of
  • The museum director hailed the artist's new installation as a groundbreaking work of genius.
Synonyms of hail

acclaim, accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up, laud, praise, salute, tout
Words Related to hail

bravo, clap, rise (to)

ballyhoo

approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support

celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol (also extoll), glorify, magnify, sing

adulate, belaud, flatter, overpraise

deify, idolize
Phrases Synonymous with hail

doff one's hat to (or doff one's cap to)
Near Antonyms of hail

belittle, disparage, put down

blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate

admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove

castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), skewer, vilify
Antonyms of hail

knock, pan, slam
2 to demand or request the presence or service of
  • Let's hail a taxi.
  • We hailed the waiter for the check.
Synonyms of hail

call, summon
Words Related to hail

cite, subpoena

assemble, call out, call up, convene, convoke, muster

ask, bid, invite

command, order, request, requisition

beckon, demand, invoke

buzz, knell, page, ring, whistle
Phrases Synonymous with hail

send for
Near Antonyms of hail

dismiss, send (away), turn away

banish, boot (out), cast out, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out

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