n. 1
Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
n. 2
Any sound.
The sudden noise made everyone jump.
n. 3
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.

Related words

Word family: noise-free noiseful noiseless noiselessly noiselessness noiselike noisemaker noisy
Phrases: burst noise big noise active noise control make noise noise barrier active noise cancellation azure noise bistable noise
Is a kind of: sound

Forms

Plural: noises → rackets, dins, cacophonies, tumults…

Choose the right word

Noise, Tone or Sound?

Tone is sound considered as having some musical quality or as expressive of some feeling; noise is sound considered without reference to musical quality or as distinctly unmusical or discordant.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

din Babur's full name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur.
racket Do you know where George bought his tennis racket?
tumult They made a great tumult last night.
cacophony I'm a cacophony of everything I've experienced.
complaint I don't want to hear another complaint about you.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
noise		steady
din		rising
racket		rising
tumult		rising
cacophony		rising
complaint		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: din¹
5 letters: sound¹, crash¹, clash¹, rumor², brawl¹, blare¹
6 letters: rattle², rumour², racket², uproar², outcry², tumult², clamor²
7 letters: racquet², clatter², clamour²
9 letters: complaint², commotion³, cacophony⁴
10 letters: dissonance³, randomness³, hullabaloo⁴, tintamarre
11 letters: disturbance³
12 letters: interference⁴, vociferation
13 letters: stochasticity, haphazardness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rumor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: bruit
Italiano: rumore
Español: ruido
Deutsch: Lärm
Català: soroll