noise

Meanings

Noun

• sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  • "he enjoyed the street noises"
  • "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"
  • "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
  • "modern music is just noise to me"
• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
• a loud outcry of protest or complaint
  • "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"
  • "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"
• incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
  • "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

Verb

• emit a noise

Synonyms

dissonance, disturbance, haphazardness, interference, make noise, racket, randomness, resound, stochasticity