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Definitions for Noise

[1] sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
[2] a sound of any kind: to hear a noise at the door.
[3] loud shouting, outcry, or clamor.
[4] a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds.
[5] an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen.
[6] Informal . extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.: The noise in the report obscured its useful information.
[7] Informal . rumor or gossip, especially slander.
[8] Usually noises . Informal . a statement or utterance that hints at or expresses a feeling or intention, especially without action being taken: There’s been some angry noise about the new curriculum. He’s making noises to the press about running for mayor. We’re hearing sympathetic noises from many countries, but haven't received any concrete offers of assistance.
[9] to spread, as a report or rumor; disseminate (usually followed by about or abroad ): A new scandal is being noised about.
[10] to talk much or publicly.
[11] to make a noise, outcry, or clamor.
[12] a sound, esp one that is loud or disturbing
[13] loud shouting; clamour; din
[14] any undesired electrical disturbance in a circuit, degrading the useful information in a signal See also signal-to-noise ratio
[15] undesired or irrelevant elements in a visual image removing noise from pictures
[16] talk or interest noise about strikes
[17] (plural) conventional comments or sounds conveying a reaction, attitude, feeling, etc she made sympathetic noises
[18] make a noise to talk a great deal or complain
[19] make noises about informal to give indications of one's intentions the government is making noises about new social security arrangements
[20] noises off theatre sounds made offstage intended for the ears of the audience: used as a stage direction
[21] (tr; usually foll by abroad or about) to spread (news, gossip, etc)
[22] (intr) rare to talk loudly or at length
[23] (intr) rare to make a din or outcry; be noisy

Words related to Noise

cry, explosion, roar, cacophony, commotion, crash, buzz, turbulence, clamor, blast, bellow, shot, discord, blare, hullabaloo, racket, ring, thud, fanfare, row

Words nearby Noise

nohow, noi, noil, nointer, noir, noise, noise factor, noise generator, noise limiter, noise masking, noise pollution

Origin of Noise

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin nausea seasickness. See nausea

Other words from Noise

un·noised , adjective

Word origin for Noise

C13: from Old French, from Latin: nausea

Synonyms for Noise

blast, buzz, cacophony, clamor, commotion, crash, cry, explosion, roar, turbulence, babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, boisterousness, boom, caterwauling, clang, clatter, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, fanfare, fireworks, fracas, fuss, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, row, shot, shouting, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, uproar, yelling, yelp, sonance, uproariousness