Bleat

Synonyms of bleat

• bawl
• bleep
• moo

Antonyms of bleat

• silence
• quiet
• hush

Collocations of bleat

bleat loudly

Frequency: 70 %

The sheep bleat loudly when they are hungry.

bleat incessantly

Frequency: 60 %

The goat bleats incessantly until it gets attention.

bleat in distress

Frequency: 55 %

The sheep bleated in distress when it got stuck in the fence.

bleat softly

Frequency: 50 %

The baby goat bleated softly as it nuzzled against its mother.

bleat plaintively

Frequency: 45 %

The lamb bleated plaintively as it searched for its mother.

Idiomatic Expressions for bleat

• Phrase: bleat on about something
  Meaning: to talk continuously and annoyingly about something
  Usage: He keeps bleating on about his new car, I'm getting tired of hearing about it.