Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wailer

1 sense of wailer

Sense 1
wailer -- (a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries)
       => mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter -- (a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died))
       => speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser -- (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims")