Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clarion
1 sense of clarion
Sense 1
clarion -- (a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone)
=> brass, brass instrument -- (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clarion
2 senses of clarion
Sense 1
clarion -- (blow the clarion)
=> play -- (perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?")
Sense 2
clarion -- (proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion)
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate -- (state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty")
Antonyms of adj clarion
1 sense of clarion
Sense 1
clarion -- (loud and clear; "a clarion call")
INDIRECT (VIA loud) -> soft -- ((of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music")
Similarity of adj clarion
1 sense of clarion
Sense 1
clarion -- (loud and clear; "a clarion call")
=> loud (vs. soft) -- (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones")