2 entries found for noise.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sound <the blaring noise of traffic on Fifth Avenue made casual conversation impossible>
Synonyms bluster, cacophony, clamor, clangor, din, discordance, racket, roar
Related Words discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; babel; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash
Near Antonyms calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)
Antonyms quiet, silence, still, stillness
2 a violent shouting <keep the noise down, you kids!> -- see CLAMOR 1