cry

1. 1.

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

   “the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience”

   Synonymsoutcrycallyellshoutvociferation

   Broaderutterance

   Narrowerbellowblue murdercatcallclamorhalloohoothosannanoisescreamwhoop
2. 2.

   a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)

   “a cry of rage”

   “a yell of pain”

   Synonymsyell

   Broaderutterance

   Narrowercomplaint
3. 3.

   a slogan used to rally support for a cause

   “a cry to arms”

   “our watchword will be `democracy'”

   Synonymswar cryrallying crybattle crywatchword

   Broadermotto
4. 4.

   a fit of weeping

   “had a good cry”

   Broadereffusion
5. 5.

   the characteristic utterance of an animal

   “animal cries filled the night”

   Broadersound

   Narrowerbaabarkbaybleatbraycacklecaterwaulcawcheepcluck

Other forms of cry

plural

crying

plural

cryings

past tense or participle

cried

third person

cries·

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 cry

What does cry mean?

cry means "utter a sudden loud cry". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cry?

cry has 1 syllable: cry. In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪ/.

What is another word for cry?

Close synonyms include shout, shout out, call, yell, scream. 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.

What is the opposite of cry?

The recorded antonyms are laugh.

Is cry a common word?

cry is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 cry?

2 words rhyme with cry. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.