Synonyms for strident
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Vociferous — loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
vociferous, noisy, loud, clamorous, raucous, blatant, clamant, obstreperous, tumultuous
2. Sibilant
3. Shrill
shrill, stentorian formal, cacophonous, harsh, treble
Definitions
- adj. 1
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- adj. 2
Grating or obnoxious.
The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
- adj. 3
Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
Related words
- Word family
- stridency stridulous
- Is a kind of
- fricative
Example sentences
- loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
- noisy It was so noisy that I couldn't make myself heard.
- vociferous He's not the most convincing, just the most vociferous.
- shrill All at once she began to shout in a shrill voice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| strident | rising | |
| loud | rising | |
| noisy | rising | |
| vociferous | steady | |
| clamorous | steady | |
| shrill | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- loud1
- 5 letters
- harsh1, noisy2
- 6 letters
- treble2, shrill1
- 7 letters
- blatant2, raucous2, clamant
- 8 letters
- sibilant
- 9 letters
- fricative, clamorous
- 10 letters
- tumultuous4, vociferous4, stentorian, continuant
- 11 letters
- cacophonous
- 12 letters
- obstreperous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noisy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- strident
- Italiano
- stridente
- Español
- estridente
- Català
- estrident