Synonyms for blare

Most common

beep · toot · honk · belt out · blast · clang · peal · fanfaronade

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

sough

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.

2. n. 1

   A loud sound.

   I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.

Related words

Phrases

blare out

Forms

Plural

blares → clamors, roars, cacophonies, noises…

Past participle

blared
e.g. blared → sounded, beeped, honked, tooted…

Example sentences

• beep Please leave your message at the sound of the beep.
• toot I could boop boobs but I prefer to toot tits.
• honk When I approach an intersection, I always honk my horn just in case.
• blast News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
• clang Antonio heard the clang of swords.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

din¹

4 letters

roar¹, beep¹, honk¹, toot¹, peal¹

5 letters

sound¹, noise¹, blast¹, clang¹

6 letters

herald², clamor², klaxon, blazon

7 letters

clamour²

9 letters

cacophony⁴

11 letters

fanfaronade

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (herald² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

brailler