Synonyms of decibels

decibels

noun

plural of decibel

as in noise

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

the crowd decibels increased dramatically as the horses neared the finish line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noise
• roar
• chatter
• cacophony
• din
• blare
• clamor
• rattle
• racket
• boom
• bruit
• clangor
• brawl
• discordance
• bluster
• babel
• commotion
• dissonance
• katzenjammer
• discord
• bowwow
• clatter
• hubbub
• tumult
• rumpus
• hullabaloo
• clap
• jangle
• uproar
• furor
• bang
• hurly-burly
• blast
• crash
• crack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silence
• still
• quiet
• stillness
• calm
• hush
• lull
• silentness
• quietude
• serenity
• tranquility

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decibels

City officials said a comprehensive noise study was done and established that the noise emitted from the data center must be under the threshold of 65 decibels. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

But Thomas Tuchel took those echoes and put a colossal microphone in front of them, cranking up the decibels to make this failure worse than the others. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 16 July 2026

The aircraft is also a very quiet flier, making just 75 decibels—about the same noise as a vacuum cleaner—at a distance of 300 feet during takeoff. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 July 2026

The system achieves as much as 40 decibels of rejection on unwanted stage noise — a thousandfold reduction — which L-Acoustics Chief Executive Laurent Vaissié says is roughly 20 decibels better than any competing technology on the market. — Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Alysa Guffey Commission President John Dillon asked if staying at or under 55 decibels is possible for a data center. — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026

Sleep in peace with this tower fan, which is whisper-quiet at 25 decibels. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

One of the artists Olivier interviewed, Xang, rapped at blistering decibels to the delight and confusion of a couple hundred stylish black and brown kids. — Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026

Fan noise generally stayed below roughly 55 decibels measured several feet away, remaining dramatically quieter than a conventional gas generator. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026