Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cacophony of noises |
| Synonyms: | babel, clang, clangor, clash, din, dissonance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jar, pandemonium, racket, rattle, reverberation, roar, tumult, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, bong, clash, clink, jangle, ring |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
| Synonyms: | bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with a loud noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, bump, clang, clank, clatter, collide, crash, grate, grind, jangle, jar, jolt, prang, rattle, scrap, scrimmage, shock, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | clink |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bang against, ring |
| Synonyms: | chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound, tingle, tinkle |
| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, boisterousness, brouhaha, buzz, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, commotion, confusion, crash, disquiet, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, music, outcry, pandemonium, percussion, racket, row, shout, sound, stridency, tintamarre, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noise |
| Synonyms: | cacophony, clamor, clinker, din, disharmony, dissonance, harshness, jangle, jarring, racket, sour note, tumult |
| Antonyms: | harmoniousness, harmony |
| Main Entry: | dissonance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noise, discord |
| Synonyms: | cacophony, harshness, jangle, jarring, unmelodiousness |
| Antonyms: | accord, consonance, harmony, peacefulness, resonance |
| Main Entry: | hubbub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, disorder |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, rowdydow, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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