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screamer

[skree-mer] / ˈskri mər /
NOUN
advertising
Synonyms
STRONG
PR announcement announcing ballyhoo billing blasting broadcasting buildup displaying exhibiting exhibition exposition hoopla hype pitch plug posting proclamation promoting promotion publicity puff spread squib
WEAK
hard sell promo
Antonyms
STRONG
secret
NOUN
error
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blunder failure fault flaw glitch inaccuracy lapse miscalculation miscue misdeed mismanagement misstep misunderstanding offense omission sin transgression wrongdoing
STRONG
X absurdity boner boo-boo delinquency delusion deviation erratum fall fallacy falsehood falsity goof howler misapprehension misconception miss oversight slight slip solecism stumble trespass untruth
WEAK
bad job faux pas misbelief misjudgment screwup slipup
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accuracy achievement behavior correctness obedience perfection right strength success
STRONG
certainty fact honesty reality surety truth
WEAK
correction validity
NOUN
headline
Synonyms
STRONGEST
caption title
STRONG
header heading leader
WEAK
scarehead
NOUN
pennant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
streamer
STRONG
bunting color decoration emblem ensign jack pennon standard
WEAK
banderole burgee

Example Sentences

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Last weekend, the day after he had a goal wrongly disallowed against Brighton in the FA Cup, Ngumoha scored a screamer against West Brom at U21 level.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Watch the best goals from the latest round of fixtures from the Women's Champions League, including Olga Carmona's screamer for Paris St-Germain against Manchester United and Bayern Munich's Pernille Harder's equaliser against Arsenal.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

I am intense, but I am not a screamer who gets technical fouls.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Particularly during the double shot of “No Bystanders” and fire-canons-blasting screamer “Fe!n” that had the crowd bouncing hard enough to throw the earth off its axis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

The screamer was a boy whose name is lost to us, for after this day he disappears from the pages of history.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.