Noise meaning

What does “noise” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“noise” is a noun and verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).

noise

noun

  1. sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

    “he enjoyed the street noises”

    “they heard indistinct noises of people talking”

  2. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

    “modern music is just noise to me”

  3. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

  4. 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”

  5. 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”

  6. the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

verb

  1. emit a noise

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University