Synonyms for clamorous
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Vociferous
vociferous, uproarious, obstreperous, boisterous, strident, tumultuous, brawling, clamant, turbulent, blatant dated
2. Loud — having especially (and often unpleasantly) bright or contrasting colours or patterns
Other
noisy, clamorsome US, clamoursome UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having especially (and often unpleasantly) bright or contrasting colours or patterns.
- adj. 2
Of or pertaining to clamor. Of great intensity. (of sounds)
Related words
- Word family
- clamorously
Example sentences
- boisterous Tom and Johannes were as boisterous as children.
- vociferous He's not the most convincing, just the most vociferous.
- uproarious The crowd was uproarious after the ref made a bad call.
- loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
- garish The film is a simple story cloaked in garish splendour.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| clamorous | steady | |
| boisterous | rising | |
| vociferous | steady | |
| uproarious | steady | |
| obstreperous | steady | |
| loud | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- loud1
- 5 letters
- noisy2, gaudy2
- 6 letters
- garish2
- 7 letters
- blatant2, clamant
- 8 letters
- strident2, brawling2
- 9 letters
- turbulent3
- 10 letters
- tumultuous4, boisterous3, vociferous4, uproarious, clamorsome
- 11 letters
- clamoursome
- 12 letters
- obstreperous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noisy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- clamoreux