- noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
--1 is a kind of sound
--1 has particulars:bang, clap, eruption, blast, loud noise; banging; bark; blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din; boom, roar, roaring, thunder; chatter, chattering; chatter, chattering; chug; clack, clap; clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash; clatter; crack, cracking, snap; crackle, crackling, crepitation; creak, creaking; crunch; ding-dong; explosion; grate; grinding; grunt; hiss, hissing, sibilation; howl; hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer; hum, humming; pant; plonk; plop; plump; racket; rattle, rattling, rale; report; rhonchus; rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling; rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering; scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching; screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming; scrunch; shrilling; slam; snap; snore; spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering; splash, plash; squawk; squeak; stridulation; thunder Derived form: verb noise1 - noise, dissonance, racket - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
--2 is a kind of sound, auditory sensation
--2 has particulars: white noiseDerived form: verb noise1 - noise, interference, disturbance - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
--3 is a kind of trouble
--3 has particulars:clutter; background, background signal; crosstalk, XT; fadeout; jitter; static, atmospherics, atmospheric static - noise - 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"
--4 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
- noise - 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"
--5 is a kind of incomprehensibility
- randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise - the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
--6 is a kind of irregularity, unregularity
--6 has particulars: ergodicity - noise - 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"