holler

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhɑlər/ UK /ˈhɒlə/ See IPA manual

verb noun

Meanings

1

verb
to shout or call out loudly

Holler if you need any help carrying those bags.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to shout or call out loudly shout yell bawl bellow cry call roar whoop

Opposites

whisper murmur mumble

Word family

Derived forms hollerer

Related forms hollohallo halloo

Etymology

An American English variant of dialectal hollo or holla, a call used to attract attention, ultimately of imitative origin and influenced by Old French holà ('stop! ho there!').

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

# holler

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhɑlər
**IPA (UK):** ˈhɒlə

## Meanings
1. to shout or call out loudly

## Examples
- Holler if you need any help carrying those bags.

## Synonyms
- shout
- yell
- bawl
- bellow
- cry
- call
- roar
- whoop

## Antonyms
- whisper
- murmur
- mumble

## Derived Forms
- hollerer

## Related Forms
- hollo
- hallo
- halloo

## Etymology
An American English variant of dialectal hollo or holla, a call used to attract attention, ultimately of imitative origin and influenced by Old French holà ('stop! ho there!').

## AI Etymology
Holler is an American English variant of dialectal hollo or holla, a call used to attract attention, ultimately of imitative origin and influenced by Old French holà ('stop! ho there!'). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to shout or call out loudly. The wider family includes derived forms such as hollerer and related words such as hollo, hallo, and halloo.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown

holler

Meanings

Thesaurus

Etymology

Topics

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback