vociferous

1. 1.

   conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

   “blatant radios”

   “a clamorous uproar”

   “strident demands”

   “a vociferous mob”

   Synonymsblatantclamantclamorousstrident

   Similarnoisy

Questions about vociferous

What does vociferous mean?

vociferous means "conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry".

How many syllables are in vociferous?

vociferous has 4 syllables: vo-cif-e-rous. The stress falls on "cif". In IPA it is /voʊˈsɪfɚəs/.

What is another word for vociferous?

Close synonyms include blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident. 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 vociferous a common word?

vociferous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.