clatter
A loud rattling noise of hard things banging together.
clatter in a sentence
- The tray fell with a tremendous clatter, sending spoons skidding across the kitchen floor.
- The horse's hooves made a loud clatter on the cobbled street outside the bakery.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to clatter?
- Aquiet
- Brattle
- Csilence
- Dhush
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B: rattle. The other three mean the opposite of clatter.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to clatter?
- Acrash
- Bbang
- Csilence
- Drattle
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C: silence. The other three mean nearly the same as clatter.
Words that mean something similar
rattle, crash, bang
Words that mean the opposite
silence, hush, quiet
More words about speech & sound
- coax: To gently persuade someone to do something.
- commotion: A sudden burst of noisy confusion.
- concise: Saying what you need to say in only a few words.
- condemn: To say strongly that something is wrong or bad.
- confer: To give someone an award, title or honour, or to talk something over with others.
- confide: To tell someone a secret because you trust them.
- contest: To argue that something is wrong or unfair and try to change it.
- contradict: To say the opposite of what someone else has said.
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