yell

1. 1.

   utter a sudden loud cry

   “she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle”

   “I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me”

   Synonymsshoutshout outcrycallscreamhollerhollosquall

   Broaderutter

   Narrowerhollohurrahhalloowhoopshriekhowlsquawk
2. 2.

   utter or declare in a very loud voice

   “You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine”

   Synonymsscream

   Broadershout

Other forms of yell

plural

yells·

past tense

yelled·

present participle

yelling·

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 yell

What does yell mean?

yell means "a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yell?

yell has 1 syllable: yell. In IPA it is /ˈjɛl/.

What is another word for yell?

Close synonyms include cry, outcry, call, shout, vociferation. 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 yell a common word?

yell is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.