SHOUTS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

shouts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shout

as in yells

to speak so as to be heard at a distance well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock

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shouts

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noun

plural of shout

as in howls

a loud vocal expression of strong emotion I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold

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Recent Examples of shouts

Verb

O’Kane shouts when Tom Brokaw announces that one of the men suspected of plotting the attack has been detained. — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, shouts slogans during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on September 10, 2026. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026 That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026 In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right? — Emily Holshouser july 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 Taylor Swift shouts out her fiancé during their first awards show joint appearance. — Elizabeth Gulino, InStyle, 2 July 2026 Sirens, horns, and shouts to evacuate rang out in the West Bottoms and along Southwest Boulevard all morning, but the speed of the flooding still caught everyone off guard. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Roaring and grunting, his body sleek with blood and sweat, Conan tussles and grapples with a series of opponents, dominating them all, while an audience of torch-wielding vulgarians shouts and howls at the pit’s lip. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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Toho’s music team had been looking for international artists who could bring powerful shouts and melodic vocals in keeping with the show’s high-energy tone, which led to the Electric Callboy pairing. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 His appointment earlier this month on a 3-1 vote by the board drew boos and shouts from the public. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 Clive and Roosevelt at last heard the shouts of the others and the wild baying cry of the lead dogs, unable to bring the bear to a full bay but easily able now to keep it in sight. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 All of which hugs closely to the skin for a cologne that whispers rather than shouts. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026 Jonsson grew visibly emotional amid the shouts and cheers for his casting during Saturday’s Marvel panel. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026 On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 There were possible penalty shouts, hard tackles that were not whistled for fouls, soft calls on Egypt that were ignored when similar plays were made by Argentina. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 The fatal shooting of a New York Knicks fan’s dog after her shouts over the team’s thrilling win of the NBA championship is now headed to federal court. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouts

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The film focused on a young Black reenactor at a historical slave plantation museum in the Midwest who yells at tourists and fights with the town’s racist mayor — played by Parker — was reportedly slated to go into production in the summer of 2024.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
The officer points a flashlight inside the back window, yells toward another officer nearby, then gets on his radio.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of yells

Noun

Their chorus of howls and yowls was all that kept them connected to the hunters who lagged far behind.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

Definition of howls

Noun

A number of Toluca Lake residents sent a media alert and hosted reporters in their neighborhood on Wednesday’s opening day to showcase just how disruptive the screams could be.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Ever since Universal began testing the ride in June, Disney has been subjected to a cacophony of blood-curdling screams from his home.

— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of screams

Verb

The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025