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- [noiz]
- /nɔɪz/
- /nɔɪz/
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- [noiz]
- /nɔɪz/
Definitions of noise word
- noun noise sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises. 1
- noun noise a sound of any kind: to hear a noise at the door. 1
- noun noise loud shouting, outcry, or clamor. 1
- noun noise a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds. 1
- noun noise an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen. 1
- noun noise Informal. extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.: The noise in the report obscured its useful information. 1
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Origin of noise
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin nausea seasickness. See nausea
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Parts of speech for Noise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
noise popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
noise usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for noise
noun noise
- sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
- din — religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.
- racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- clamor — If people are clamoring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
verb noise
- bruit — to report; rumour
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
Antonyms for noise
noun noise
- silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
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