Synset

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

noise

semantic pointers

hypernym

sound

hyponym

bang, clap, blast, eruption, bam banging bark din, clamor, blare, blaring, cacophony roar, thunder, boom, roaring chatter, chattering chattering, chatter chug clack, clap crash, clangor, clash, clang, clangoring, clangour, clank clatter crack, cracking, snap crackle, crackling, crepitation creaking, creak crunch ding-dong explosion grate grinding grunt, oink hissing, hiss, hushing, fizzle, sibilation howl hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer humming, hum pant plonk plop plump racket rattle, rattling, rale report rhonchus rumble, grumble, grumbling, rumbling rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching screech, screeching, shriek, scream, shrieking, screaming scrunch shrilling sizzle slam snap snore spatter, splatter, splutter, sputtering, spattering, splattering, sputter splash, plash squawk squeak squish stridulation swoosh, whoosh thunder