Entry Word: noise

Function: noun

Meaning: 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