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

And many of those generalities didn’t need to be said out loud. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026

Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the quiet part out loud when asked about a growing number of injuries in the SEC sidelining players. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Teams that last are allowed to feel it out loud, to grieve and to struggle, rather than perform through everything. — Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

That’s a 48-point gap between what parents are planning and what their children are counting on, and in many families, nobody has said it out loud. — Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 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