stentor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sten=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

stentor, n. [L. Stentor, Gr. .].

•  A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.  [1913 Webster]
•  A howling monkey, or howler.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stentor, n. (also stentor) a person with a powerful voice.

Derivative

stentorian adj.

Etymology

Gk Stentor, herald in the Trojan War (Homer, Iliad v. 785)

ROGET THESAURUS

stentor

Loudness

N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.

Cry

N cry, voice, hubbub, bark, vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint, lungs, stentor, crying, clamant, clamorous, vociferous, stentorian, open-mouthed.