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noun

A sound
sound, sonance, something heard, something audible, impact of sound waves.
Kinds of noises include --- brief, loud noises: bang, boom, crash, thud, blast, blast off, roar, bellow, howl, shriek, growl, bark, blat, shout, peal, cry, yelp, squawk, yawp, hee-haw, blare, clang, ring, shot, sonic boom, jangle, eruption, explosion, detonation; blow-up*, zowie*, whang*, cachunk*, splat*; brief, faint noises: peep, squeak, squawk, cackle, cluck, tweet, clink, tinkle, pop, click, tick, rustle, gurgle, whisper, stage whisper, sigh, splash, swish, note, sough, sob, whine, whimper, plink, plunk, plop, plump, pad, pat, pitter-patter, ping, rustle, murmur, beat, stir, purr, twitter; continuing noises: reverberation, ringing, tone, tune, clangor, clanging, tinkling, sonorousness, resonance, rock, rattle, rattling, whistle, whistling, piping, twittering, shouting, roaring, howling, growling, barking, caterwauling, bellowing, rumble, rumbling, grunting, murmuring, drone, droning, thunder, thundering, firing, tramp, tramping, whine, whining, screech, screeching, scream, screaming, banging, clanging, hum, humming, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, laugh, laughing, chuckle, chuckling, whir, whirring, purr, purring, swishing, rustling, ripple, rippling, strumming, thrumming, beating, drumming, patter, pattering, clatter, clattering, tintinnabulation, ululation, trill, trilling, whinney, whinneying, neigh, neighing, caw, cawing, clucking, cackling, quaver, semiquaver.
Clamor
din, racket, uproar, clamor, hubbub, tumult, commotion, hullabaloo, fanfare, cry, outcry, shouting, yelling, fracas, pandemonium, bedlam, turbulence, uproariousness, boisterousness, clamorousness, babel, shivaree, charivari, cacophony, dissonance, discord, static, stridency, blatancy; see also sense 1, cry 1, uproar.
Antonyms silence*, lull, quietness.

noise is the general word for any loud, unmusical, or disagreeable sound; din refers to a loud, prolonged, deafening sound, painful to the ears the din of the steeple bells; uproar applies to a loud, confused sound, as of shouting, laughing, etc., and connotes commotion or disturbance her remarks threw the audience into an uproar; clamor suggests loud, continued, excited shouting, as in protest or demand the clamor of the crowd for his arrest; hubbub implies the confused mingling of many voices tried to make myself heard above the hubbub in the cafeteria; racket refers to a loud, clattering combination of noises regarded as annoyingly excessive he couldn't work because of the racket next door

See noise in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

noun

Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable:
babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, tumult, uproar. See sounds
The sensation caused by vibrating wave motion that is perceived by the organs of hearing:
sonance, sound¹. See sounds

verb

To make (information) generally known:
advertise, blaze², blazon, broadcast, bruit, circulate, disseminate, promulgate, propagate, spread. Idioms: spread far and wide, spread the word. See knowledge
To engage in or spread gossip:
blab, gossip, rumor, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See words

See noise in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

noise din racket ²uproar Pandemonium hullabaloo hubbub clamor Babel

These nouns refer to loud, confused, or disagreeable sound or sounds. Noise is the least specific: deafened by the noise in the subway.
A din is a jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds: the din of the factory.
Racket is loud, distressing noise: the racket made by trucks rolling along cobblestone streets.
Uproar, pandemonium, and hullabaloo imply disorderly tumult together with loud, bewildering sound: “The evening uproar of the howling monkeys burst out” (W.H. Hudson); “a pandemonium of dancing and whooping, drumming and feasting” (Francis Parkman); a tremendous hullabaloo in the agitated crowd.
Hubbub emphasizes turbulent activity and concomitant din: the hubbub of bettors, speculators, tipsters, and touts.
Clamor is loud, usually sustained noise, as of a public outcry of dissatisfaction: “not in the clamor of the crowded street” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); a debate that was interrupted by a clamor of opposition.
Babel stresses confusion of vocal sounds arising from simultaneous utterance and random mixture of languages: guests chattering in a babel of tongues at the diplomatic reception.

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