Definition for Screech:

• skr[= e]ch, v.i. to utter a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.-- n. a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.-- ns. SCREECH'ER, the swift; SCREECH'- HAWK, the night-jar; SCREECH'- MAR'TIN, the swift; SCREECH'- OWL, a kind of screeching owl: the missel-thrush: the barn-owl; SCREECH'- THRUSH, the missel-thrush.-- adj. SCREECH'Y, shrill and harsh, like a screech: loud-mouthed. [ M. E. scriken-- Scand., Ice. shrækja, to shriek; cf. Gael. sgreach, to shriek.]

Synonyms for Screech:

• n.

  •
  • roar,
  • chant,
  • bellow.
  •
  • boom,
  • blare.
  •cry (noun)
  • meow,
  • whinny,
  • moo,
  • whine,
  • caw,
  • nicker.
  •event (noun)
  • shrieking,
  • screeching,
  • screaming.
  •outcry (noun)
  • noise.
  •screech (noun)
  • pipe up,
  • skreigh,
  • pipe,
  • skreak.
  •shrillness (noun)
  • acuteness,
  • sharpness,
  • whistle,
  • stridency,
  • creakiness,
  • raucousness,
  • harshness,
  • reediness,
  • highness,
  • hoarseness,
  • piercing,
  • shrillness,
  • scratchiness.
  •yowl (noun)
  • mewl.

• v.

  •scream (verb)
  • shrill,
  • rasp.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • swoosh.
  •
  • crunch.
  •
  • buzz.
  •scream
  • yip,
  • screak.

Antonyms for Screech:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    whisper, mutter, murmur.

Homophones for Screech:

• saururaceae, sargasso, scorsese, scrag, shrike, secrecy, sewerage, surge, sack race, syracuse, sugar cookie, scarce, scraggy, sea wrack, sage grouse, serge, sorgho, skreigh, surcease, shag rug, seahorse, serious, sorgo, shark, sucrase, sorex, siracusa, squirearchy, siris, SARS, screechy, saragossa, serous, saurischia, saurosuchus, sciurus, squark, squaw grass, screw jack, scissors kick, shears, screak, sericeous, sirocco, sazerac, scores, series, shakers, search, saururus, serax, skreak, Sirach, sikorsky, shriek, scissors, sayers, saccharase, susurrus, sawhorse, sourish, ski rack, sewer gas, Skagerak, scheuchzeriaceae, scours, scourge, sewage works, scherzo, scorch, shire horse, scrooge, screw key, saccharose, shrewish, sarawak, susurrous, siqueiros, seiurus, squarish, source, ski race, shirk, Showy Orchis, sea horse, seagrass, Skagerrak, screaky, SIRC, skew arch, siriasis, sucrose, sirius, serosa, sorus, Sargasso Sea, shiraz, shrug.

Hyponym for Screech:

• n.

  • event
    noise.