out loud

adverb

: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

reading out loud

also : in an openly communicated way

dreaming out loud [=expressing one's hopes and dreams to others]

Synonyms of out loud

• aloud
• out

Examples of out loud in a Sentence

registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter

Recent Examples on the Web

Maybe there was something valuable in the Hooters approach of saying the quiet part out loud. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

This is excellent for pitching, learning, publishing, or saying the hopeful thing out loud. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

No one will string the words together and actually say it out loud, but as former players and Campbell tap-dance around the uncomfortable question about what’s changed, the message hovering between the lines is not difficult to read. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

If he was viewed as an art-world interloper, Roth has enough influence and goodwill that no one was really going to say that out loud. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for out loud

• allowed
• aloud
• avowed
• endowed
• mcleod
• bowed
• browed
• cloud
• cowed
• crowd
• dowd
• ploughed

Kids Definition

out loud

adverb

: loudly enough to be heard : aloud