blare

1. 1.

   a loud harsh or strident noise

   Synonymsblaringcacophonyclamordin

   Broadernoise

Other forms of blare

plural

blares·

past tense

blared·

present participle

blaring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blare

What does blare mean?

blare means "make a strident sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blare?

blare has 1 syllable: blare. In IPA it is /ˈblɛɹ/.

What is another word for blare?

Close synonyms include blast, honk, beep, claxon, toot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blare a common word?

blare is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blare?

1 word rhymes with blare. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.