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Synonyms for clatter

Most common

noise din rattle rattling racket commotion patter hullabaloo

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

  2. v. 1

    To make a rattling sound.

Related words

Word family
clattery
Is a kind of
sound
Other spellings
clitter

Forms

Plural
clatters → rattles, rattlings, noises, dins…
Past participle
clattered
e.g. clattered → clacked, chattered, babbled, jabbered…

Example sentences

  • noise She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
  • din Babur's full name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur.
  • rattle A death rattle marked the end of his suffering.
  • rattling Yanni heard the windows rattling in the kitchen.
  • racket Do you know where George bought his tennis racket?
  • commotion James heard the commotion and hurried to the room.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
clatterrising
noisesteady
dinrising
rattlerising
rattlingrising
racketrising

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

By length

3 letters
din1, ado2
4 letters
roll1, fuss1, flap1, blab1
5 letters
noise1, clack1, scree, prate
6 letters
gossip2, rattle2, racket2, waffle2, uproar2, outcry2, ruckus2, ramble2, patter2, babble2, tumult2, clamor2, fracas2, cackle2
7 letters
turmoil2, chatter2, racquet2, clamour2, prattle2, palaver, blather2, twaddle2, blabber2, brattle2, bobbery
8 letters
rattling2, brouhaha3, foofaraw
9 letters
commotion3
10 letters
hullabaloo4, stridulate
11 letters
pandemonium5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ado2 = 2 syllables).