Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "noise" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

music quiet quietness quite silence silent tone

Typical Location

big city bowling alley carnival casino classroom concert crowd factory movie theatre place where there air street transmission work

Capable Of

blaring bug people sleeping cause disruption damage eardrum damage ears raise dead sound pleasant

Causes

headaches to get worse

Defined As

opposite of silence result of air molecules vibrating

Derived Terms

1/f noise Brown noise Brownian noise Japanoise Johnson noise Johnson-Nyquist noise Nyquist noise Perlin noise Poisson noise active noise cancellation active noise control anti-noise antinoise background noise big noise bistable noise black noise blue noise burst noise cat activation noise comfort noise counternoise denoise empty barrels make the most noise empty cans make the most noise empty vessels make the most noise flicker noise food noise fuck that noise gray noise grey noise harsh noise harsh noise wall impulse noise line noise low-noise block downconverter make a noise in the world make noise make some noise noise barrier noise cancellation noise footprint noise footprintx noise gate noise pollution noise pop noise power noise reduction noise rock noise stick noise trader noise word noise-cancel noise-free noise-shy noisecore noisefest noiseful noiseless noiselessly noiselessness noiselet noiselike noisemaker noisemaking noisemonger noisenik noiseproof noises off noisescape noisily noisy outnoise overnoise pink noise popcorn noise power noise purple noise random telegraph noise red noise self-noise shot noise signal-noise ratio signal-to-noise surface noise thermal noise tonal noise violet noise white noise

Distinct From

music nice quiet silence silent

Context

genetics music technology

Has Property

sound unpleasant to hear

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

auditory sensation call cry go incomprehensibility irregularity outcry shout sound sound trouble unregularity vociferation yell

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bang blast boom buzz clang clatter crash cry explosion hum roar squawk thud twang yell yelp

Type Of (IsA)

cry incomprehensibility manga nonperiodic signal sound sound don't like sounds of little value trouble unwelcome sound wave

Related Terms

amplitude annoyance annoying any art rock at ballgame audible audio audio event audio irritant aural aural annoyance background bad bad music ballgame bands bang cacophony chaotic cities city clatter complaint concert construction construction sites crowded crowded place crowds decibels din dissonance distraction disturbance disturbing ear ear hurting ears event everywhere fluctuation fuck fuck you gene general general term generic generic term giving giving headache groups headache heard hearing hurting hurts hurts ears irritant irritating irritation kids kids making large large groups lawnmower lawnmower annoyance lots lots decibels loud loud distraction loud stuff loud thing loudness loudness softness make make some making metal metal bands music nothing pink place pollution racket rock rock concert rock music rumour sense signal signal to noise ratio sites softness something heard sound speakers spread static stuff term traffic tv tv static unpleasant very very loud voice voices volume wave white white pink

Synonym Network

dissonance make noise randomness sound

Used For

alerting attracting attention convey thought determine direction determine what caused noise distract others drawing attention gain information about origin get attention getting attention getting on nerves giving signal to making oneself known moving air waking up warning

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.