noise (noiz)n.1. a. Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired. b. Sound or a sound of any kind: The only noise was the wind in the pines. 2. A loud outcry or commotion: the noise of the mob; a lot of noise over the new law. 3. Physics A disturbance, especially a random and persistent disturbance, that obscures or reduces the clarity of a signal. 4. Computer Science Irrelevant or meaningless data. 5. Informal a. A complaint or protest. b. Rumor; talk. c. noises Remarks or actions intended to convey a specific impression or to attract attention: "The U.S. is making appropriately friendly noises to the new Socialist Government" Flora Lewis. v. noised, nois·ing, nois·es v.tr. To spread the rumor or report of. v.intr.1. To talk much or volubly. 2. To be noisy; make noise.
[Middle English, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *nausea, discomfort, from Latin nausea, seasickness; see nausea.] Synonyms: noise, din, racket2, uproar, pandemonium, hullabaloo, hubbub, clamor, babel
These nouns refer to loud, confused, or disagreeable sound or sounds. Noise is the least specific: deafened by the noise in the subway.
A din is a jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds: the din of the factory.
Racket is loud, distressing noise: the racket made by trucks rolling along cobblestone streets.
Uproar, pandemonium, and hullabaloo imply disorderly tumult together with loud, bewildering sound: "The evening uproar of the howling monkeys burst out" (W.H. Hudson); "a pandemonium of dancing and whooping, drumming and feasting" (Francis Parkman); a tremendous hullabaloo in the agitated crowd.
Hubbub emphasizes turbulent activity and concomitant din: the hubbub of bettors, speculators, tipsters, and touts.
Clamor is loud, usually sustained noise, as of a public outcry of dissatisfaction: "not in the clamor of the crowded street" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); a debate that was interrupted by a clamor of opposition.
Babel stresses confusion of vocal sounds arising from simultaneous utterance and random mixture of languages: guests chattering in a babel of tongues at the diplomatic reception. Word History: Those who find that too much noise makes them ill will not be surprised that the word noise can possibly be traced back to the Latin word nausea, "seasickness, feeling of sickness." Our words nausea and noise are doublets, that is, words borrowed in different forms from the same word. Nausea, first recorded probably before 1425, was borrowed directly from Latin. Noise, first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century, came to us through Old French, which explains its change in form. Old French nois probably also came from Latin nausea, if, as seems possible, there was a change of sense during the Vulgar Latin period, whereby the meaning "seasickness" changed to a more general sense of "discomfort." Word meanings can sometimes change for the better, and nowadays, of course, a noise does not have to be something unpleasant, as in the sentence "The only noise was the wind in the pines." |
noise Noun 1. a sound, usually a loud or disturbing one 2. loud shouting; din 3. an undesired electrical disturbance in a signal 4. unwanted or irrelevant elements in a visual image: removing noise from pictures 5. noises conventional utterances conveying a reaction: he made the appropriate noises Verb [noising, noised] be noised abroad (of news or gossip) to be spread [Latin nausea seasickness]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" banging - a continuing very loud noise bark - a noise resembling the bark of a dog chattering, chatter - the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) chug - the dull explosive noise made by an engine clack, clap - a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated clatter - a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" cracking, crack, snap - a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" creak, creaking - a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" crunch - the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" explosion - the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away" grate - a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something grinding - a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) grunt, oink - the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs fizzle, hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation - a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" howl - a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound; "the howl of the wind made him restless" humming, hum - a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" pant - the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) plonk - the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) plop - the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash plump - the sound of a sudden heavy fall racket - a loud and disturbing noise rale, rattle, rattling - a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" report - a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); "they heard a violent report followed by silence" rhonchus - a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels shrilling - a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles | | 2. | noise - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" | | 3. | noise - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communicationclutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" background signal, background - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" crosstalk, XT - the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling fadeout - a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances jitter - small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources white noise - a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration; "white noise is a good masking agent" | | 4. | noise - a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" | | 5. | noise - incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say" | | 6. | noise - the quality of lacking any predictable order or planergodicity - an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions | | Verb | 1. |  noise - emit a noisesizzle - make a sound like frying fat roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" sough, purl - make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" hum - make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming" racket - make loud and annoying noises clitter, stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" drown out - make imperceptible; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music" scream - make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" backfire - emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time" ring out - sound loudly; "a shot rang out" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" blare, blast - make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" |
noise noun sound, talk, row, racket, outcry, clamour, din, clatter, uproar, babble, blare, fracas, commotion, pandemonium, rumpus, cry, tumult, hubbub << OPPOSITE silence  Translations
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