clamor

1. 1.

   make loud demands

   “he clamored for justice and tolerance”

   Synonymsclamour

   Broaderdemand
2. 2.

   utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

   “The delegates clamored their disappointment”

   Synonymsclamour

   Broaderexpress
3. 3.

   compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring

   “They clamored the mayor into building a new park”

   Broadercompel

1. 1.

   a loud harsh or strident noise

   Synonymsblareblaringcacophonydin

   Broadernoise
2. 2.

   loud and persistent outcry from many people

   “he ignored the clamor of the crowd”

   Synonymsclamoringclamourclamouringhue and cry

   Broadercry

Other forms of clamor

plural

clamors·

past tense

clamorred·

present participle

clamorring·

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 clamor

What does clamor mean?

clamor means "make loud demands". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clamor?

clamor has 2 syllables: clam-or. The stress falls on "clam". In IPA it is /ˈklæmɚ/.

What is another word for clamor?

Close synonyms include clamour, clamour, blare, blaring, cacophony. 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 clamor a common word?

clamor 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 clamor?

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