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Synonyms for bellow

18 synonyms
1 antonym
1 meaning

noun
verb

Most common

roar cry howl yell

All synonyms

Noun

1. Roar

roar, cry, howl, yell, call, holler, roaring, yowl, hollering, clamor US, clamour UK, hollowing, hollo, holloa, squall

Other

Verb

bawl, vociferate

Antonyms

All antonyms of bellow →

Definitions

n. 1
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
v. 1
To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

Related words

Word family: bellower

Forms

Plural: bellows → roars, howls, yells, calls…
Past participle: bellowed
e.g. bellowed → bawled, vociferated…

Choose the right word

Bellow or Roar?

Bellow and roar are applied to the utterances of animals, and only contemptuously to those of persons.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

cry The girl began to cry at the sight of the big dog.
yell Don't yell in the street; we're putting on a show.
roar The roar of their own cannons was extremely loud.
howl Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bellow		rising
cry		rising
yell		rising
roar		rising
howl		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: low¹, cry¹
4 letters: call¹, yell¹, roar¹, howl¹, bawl¹, yowl
5 letters: hollo²
6 letters: holler², squall¹, clamor², holloa
7 letters: roaring², clamour²
9 letters: hollering³, hollowing³
10 letters: vociferate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hollo² = 2 syllables).