cry out

Questions about cry out

What is another word for cry out?

It depends which cry out you mean. In the sense “utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy”, the synonyms are exclaim, cry, outcry, call out, shout. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of cry out?

WordNet records no antonym for cry out. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for cry out come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of cry out

• Full entry for cry outAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cry outWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.