VOCIFERATING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in vocal

engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest vociferating union members angrily marched outside corporate headquarters

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vociferating

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verb

present participle of vociferate

as in shouting

to speak so as to be heard at a distance he can never seem to voice his opinions at a decent decibel level; he has to vociferate

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Adjective

Having Moro, super, super smart, great communicator, the vocal leader of the group.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of vocal

Verb

Getting around interference The biggest technical hurdle in spectrum sharing is interference – what happens when two signals overlap and scramble each other, like two people shouting different things in your ear at the same time.

— Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
Those who speak a password, released via social media, receive a fake business card, which does mean many a guest is standing there shouting a password at the actor.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shouting

Adjective

The editing skews toward older candidates, working parents and outspoken candidates, none of it visible before any check starts.

— Houman Akhavan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Over lunch at the Santa Clara Hilton — a short drive from 49ers headquarters — Edwards shared about the plights of outspoken athletes such as Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, Rose Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Tommie Smith, John Carlos and more.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of outspoken

Verb

The other driver, whose name is redacted in police reports, says Labarbera was tailgating him, forced him over, began yelling and pointing the weapon.

— Christine Sloan, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Stop and think of what the same bozos yelling about Sweeney would say if Lizzo was holding a couple of footballs over her rack.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of yelling

Adjective

It's led by Alexei Zhuravlev, who holds its only seat in the Duma and is known for vociferous attacks on the West on state TV.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Among the voices decrying the Met’s decision to lionize Galliano is New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has recently faced uproar over his vociferous criticism of Israel.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of vociferous

Verb

The women are all in Jessi’s front yard, crying and hugging and apologizing.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
The spectacle of a powerful, disruptive woman changed into the spectacle of a woman running, crying and screaming, and the woman isn’t self-possessed in beautiful makeup and clothing but falling down in the mud.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of crying

Adjective

Wolff’s blatant disregard of hunting and fishing laws, including earlier incidents that led to his hunting and fishing licenses being revoked, was well known by local residents and law enforcement officers.

— David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of blatant

Adjective

Suzanne, the sulky, artistic type, scowls and pointedly ignores their noisy energy.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Operations teams call this noisy neighbors, data modelers call it hot keys, queueing theory calls it head-of-line blocking, and your customer calls it slow.

— Manas Chaudhari, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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