clarion calls
Loud rallying cries
Clarion calls are urgent summons to action, named for the clarion—a medieval trumpet with a clear, penetrating tone used to rally troops.
The phrase now describes any rousing appeal that demands attention and response: Her speech was a clarion call for environmental reform.
Almost always used figuratively in modern English.
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
- summonsFormal court notification
- rallying cryPhrase uniting supporters
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
- proclamationFormal public announcement
trumpet · trumpet blast · appeal · urgency · mobilization · moral imperative · Gettysburg Address · activism · freedom fighters · resolve · revolution · protest · alarms · resistance · awakening · inspiration · manifesto · tocsin
volume and audibility
clarion callswhispers
Speaks very quietly
murmurs · hushed tones · mutterings · undertones · mumbles
clarion, call, calls, called, calling, caller, callers, clear, clearly