Synonyms for hail
heɪlha·il

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1. hailverb

   To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, apostrophize, appeal, approach, cost, court, greet, salute, speak to, woo

   Antonyms:
   avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

   Preposition:
   Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hail

   Synonyms:
   accost, address, salute, call, welcome, greet

   Antonyms:
   ignore, pass, cut, avoid

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. hailnoun

   precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

2. hailnoun

   many objects thrown forcefully through the air

   "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"

3. hailverb

   enthusiastic greeting

4. acclaim, hail, heraldverb

   praise vociferously

   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, herald, clap, announce, applaud, harbinger, foretell, annunciate, come, spat

5. hail, comeverb

   be a native of

   "She hails from Kalamazoo"

   Synonyms:
   fare, herald, issue forth, amount, total, acclaim, occur, arrive, number, come up, follow, get, descend, come, fall, do, get along, make out, derive, come in, add up

6. hailverb

   call for

   "hail a cab"

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, come, herald

7. hail, heraldverb

   greet enthusiastically or joyfully

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, herald, announce, harbinger, foretell, annunciate, come

8. hailverb

   precipitate as small ice particles

   "It hailed for an hour"

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, come, herald

Matched Categories

1. • Applaud
   • Be
   • Call
   • Object
   • Precipitate
   • Precipitation

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1. hailverb

   Synonyms:
   salute, greet, welcome, call to

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1. hailverb

   Synonyms:
   accost, salute, address, signal

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1. List of paraphrases for "hail":

   ave, glory, oorah, -hail, greetings, intestine, hurrah, huzzah, howdy

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How to use hail in a sentence?

1. Ramayana:

   Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away.

2. Mary Schiavo:

   It picks up other sounds like clicks, things going wrong, thuds, hail. You can hear that on the windshield.

3. Aaron Ward:

   The main concerns right now, what we're looking at, is going to be large to very large hail, and damaging winds, the hail could easily be golf ball to baseball size if everything comes together right.

4. Psalm 148:8:

   Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word.

5. Joe Sirard:

   It's possible that someone could have lived in SoCal all of their lives and never have seen this size hail, if this area does see hail, it is the size of a dime.