war whoop

Questions about war whoop

What is another word for war whoop?

It depends which war whoop you mean. In the sense “a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle”, the synonyms are war cry, rallying cry, battle cry. Across all 1 sense there are 3 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 war whoop?

WordNet records no antonym for war whoop. 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 war whoop 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 war whoop

• Full entry for war whoopAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for war whoopWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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