noisy
Americanadjective
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making much noise.
noisy children.
- Synonyms:
- vociferous, uproarious, tumultuous, clamorous
- Antonyms:
- quiet
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abounding in or full of noise.
a noisy assembly hall.
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characterized by much noise.
a noisy celebration; a noisy protest.
adjective
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making a loud or constant noise
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full of or characterized by noise
Related Words
See loud.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of noisy
Explanation
Anything noisy is loud. Your noisy party probably won't go over too well with your downstairs neighbors — especially if it's late on a Tuesday night and they have a sleeping baby. Something that makes loud sounds or is generally rowdy and boisterous can be called noisy. A noisy bar is a harder place to have a conversation than a quiet restaurant, but a noisy dance party tends to me much more fun than a solemn tea party with your cranky grandparents. Before there was noisy, around the late 1600s, the adjective was noiseful. Curiously, experts guess that the Latin root of noisy and noise is nausea, "seasickness."
Vocabulary lists containing noisy
Example Sentences
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That’s why the company spent years looking for a fabric that makes new models less noisy than their predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
"Satellite data is really complicated to use and really noisy, because you have to do things like cloud removal and adjust for day and night, and so on," he said.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
As I recall, the evening felt like a big, noisy homecoming victory lap.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The answer came from a concept introduced in the 1940s by mathematician Kurt Otto Friedrichs, who described "mollifiers," tools designed to smooth irregular or noisy functions.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
A carriage raced past us, a few noisy rebels shouting whoops and rough words.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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