| VERB | communication | scream, shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler, hollo, squall | utter a sudden loud cry |
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| communication | scream, yell | utter or declare in a very loud voice | |
| perception | scream | make a loud, piercing sound | |
| NOUN | communication | scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching | sharp piercing cry |
| event | scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, screaming | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | |
| communication | scream, belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, wow, riot | a joke that seems extremely funny |
| Sounds | skriy'm | |
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| Rhymes | academe ... upstream: 40 rhymes with iym... | |
| Meaning | sharp piercing cry. | |
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| Example | "her screaming attracted the neighbors" | |
| Synonyms | screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching | |
| Broader | cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation | A loud utterance |
| Spanish | alarido, aullido, aullidos, chillido, grito agudo, grito | |
| Catalan | esgarip, xiscle | |
| Verbs | scream | utter a sudden loud cry |
| Meaning | A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. | |
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| Example | "he heard the scream of the brakes" | |
| Synonyms | screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, screaming | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | chirrido | |
| Catalan | grinyol, xerric | |
| Verbs | scream | make a loud, piercing sound |
| Meaning | A joke that seems extremely funny. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, wow, riot | |
| Broader | joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape | A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
| Meaning | Utter a sudden loud cry. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue scream | |
| Synonyms | shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler, hollo, squall | |
| Narrower | halloo | shout 'halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention |
| hollo | cry hollo | |
| howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup | emit long loud cries | |
| hurrah | shout 'hurrah!' | |
| shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe | Utter a shrill cry | |
| squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech | Utter a harsh abrupt scream | |
| whoop | shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm | |
| Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
| Similar to | call | Utter in a loud voice or announce |
| exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout | Utter aloud | |
| Spanish | chillar, clamar, gritar, llamar, pregonar, vocear, vociferar | |
| Catalan | baladrejar, clamar, cridar, pregonar, vociferar | |
| Nouns | scream, screaming | sharp piercing cry |
| screamer | gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call | |
| Meaning | Utter or declare in a very loud voice. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | yell | |
| Broader | shout | utter in a loud voice |
| Spanish | aullar, gritar, vociferar | |
| Catalan | cridar, ganyolar, udolar, ulular | |
| Nouns | screamer | gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call |
| screamer | a sensational newspaper headline | |
| Meaning | make a loud, piercing sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | You can hear animals scream in the meadows; The meadows scream with animals | |
| Example | "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" | |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Nouns | scream, screaming | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry |
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