Word Study
noisy
CIDE DICTIONARY
noisy, a. [From Noise.].
- Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. [1913 Webster]
- Full of noise. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
noisy, adj. (noisier, noisiest)
1 full of or attended with noise.
2 making or given to making much noise.
3 clamorous, turbulent.
4 (of a colour, garment, etc.) loud, conspicuous.
1 full of or attended with noise.
2 making or given to making much noise.
3 clamorous, turbulent.
4 (of a colour, garment, etc.) loud, conspicuous.
Derivative
noisily adv. noisiness n.
THESAURUS
noisy
bawling, blaring, blasting, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, bullying, cacophonic, cacophonous, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clarion, clattery, crying, deafening, discordant, dissonant, ear-splitting, grating, harsh, hectoring, jarring, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, noiseful, obstreperous, openmouthed, piercing, rackety, raging, ranting, raving, resounding, riotous, rip-roaring, roistering, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, screaming, shouting, shrill, sonorous, storming, strepitant, strepitous, strident, swaggering, swashbuckling, swashing, thunderous, tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelpingROGET THESAURUS
noisy
Loudness
N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.For further exploring for "noisy" in Webster Dictionary Online