Synonyms for yell
yɛlyell

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1. yellverb

   To call is to send out the voice in order to attract another's attention, either by word or by inarticulate utterance. Animals call their mates, or their young; a man calls his dog, his horse, etc. The sense is extended to include summons by bell, or any signal. To shout is to call or exclaim with the fullest volume of sustained voice; to scream is to utter a shriller cry; to shriek or to yell refers to that which is louder and wilder still. We shout words; in screaming, shrieking, or yelling there is often no attempt at articulation. To bawl is to utter senseless, noisy cries, as of a child in pain or anger. Bellow and roar are applied to the utterances of animals, and only contemptuously to those of persons. To clamor is to utter with noisy iteration; it applies also to the confused cries of a multitude. To vociferate is commonly applied to loud and excited speech where there is little besides the exertion of voice. In exclaiming, the utterance may not be strikingly, tho somewhat, above the ordinary tone and pitch; we may exclaim by mere interjections, or by connected words, but always by some articulate utterance. To ejaculate is to throw out brief, disconnected, but coherent utterances of joy, regret, and especially of appeal, petition, prayer; the use of such devotional utterances has received the special name of "ejaculatory prayer." To cry out is to give forth a louder and more excited utterance than in exclaiming or calling; one often exclaims with sudden joy as well as sorrow; if he cries out, it is oftener in grief or agony. In the most common colloquial usage, to cry is to express grief or pain by weeping or sobbing. One may exclaim, cry out, or ejaculate with no thought of others' presence; when he calls, it is to attract another's attention.

   Synonyms:
   bawl, bellow, call, clamor, cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim, roar, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate

   Antonyms:
   be silent, be still, hark, hearken, hush, list, listen

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferationnoun

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

   "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

   Synonyms:
   vociferation, birdcall, song, rallying cry, call option, outcry, phone call, watchword, battle cry, claim, margin call, call, cry, birdsong, war cry, telephone call, shout

2. cry, yellverb

   a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)

   "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"

   Synonyms:
   cry, watchword, war cry, battle cry, outcry, vociferation, rallying cry, shout, call

3. shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squallverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   predict, forebode, prognosticate, grouse, wawl, promise, phone, blazon out, abuse, shout out, bellyache, clapperclaw, vociferate, cry, call in, scream, holler, gripe, call up, blackguard, call off, squawk, foretell, weep, exclaim, send for, outcry, address, visit, shout, beef, name, waul, hollo, call, bitch, squall, bid, crab, ring, call out, cry out, holler out, telephone, anticipate

4. yell, screamverb

   utter or declare in a very loud voice

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

   Synonyms:
   squall, cry, shout out, holler, hollo, scream, shout, call

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1. • Shout

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1. yellverb

   Synonyms:
   screech, shriek, scream, bawl, squeal, cry out (as with pain or horror)

2. yellnoun

   Synonyms:
   screech, shriek, scream, outcry

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1. yellnoun

   Synonyms:
   outcry, scream, shriek, howl, yowl, vociferation

2. yellverb

   Synonyms:
   scream, shriek, screech, bawl, howl, yowl, vociferate, hoot

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1. List of paraphrases for "yell":

   scream, shout, screaming, cree, yelling, holler, shouting, screams, howl

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How to use yell in a sentence?

1. Said Wright:

   I’d yell, but it was hard to tell how close they [the boat lights] were.There were times when I thought I could swim.But there was [shark] feeding going on all around me, and I was not sure if I could get to land.

2. Angela Martinez:

   My attitude was, 'I'm going to be fine.' I wanted my employees to be safe, and I'd rather have a protester yell at me than at a patient.

3. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP:

   As far as the relationship part [in the film], that is a complete departure [for me], i mean,I don't like to fight. I don't really like to yell. It was a great challenge to have to go to places I havereally never been in. And that's what I love about what we do [as actors].

4. Cathrine Ertmann:

   After working in the morgue, I was walking in the street and I got really overwhelmed by seeing all the people just walking, chatting and laughing, i wanted to yell: YOU ARE ALIVE, USE IT!

5. Lindsay Rasberry:

   It started at such an early age for with me, [My mom] says that I would be standing next to her in a car seat and she would be driving down the road and she would notice a clock inside a storefront and I would yell clock, clock.