louder

ADJECTIVE

blaring, noisy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big boisterous deafening emphatic heavy intense lusty powerful rambunctious raucous resounding ringing roaring rowdy strident strong thundering vehement vociferous

STRONG

forte

WEAK

blatant blustering booming cacophonous clamorous crashing deep ear-piercing ear-splitting full full-mouthed fulminating high-sounding loud-voiced obstreperous pealing piercing resonant sonorous stentorian tumultuous turbulent turned up uproarious wakes the dead

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm dull indistinct insignificant little low mild moderate quiet restrained shy silent small soft unhealthy unimportant weak

WEAK

inaudible inoffensive subdued tasteful

ADJECTIVE

offensive, gaudy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brash brassy flashy obnoxious raucous rude vulgar

WEAK

brazen chintzy coarse crass crude flamboyant garish glaring gross lurid meretricious obtrusive ostentatious showy tasteless tawdry

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful cautious kind nice polite refined soft subdued

WEAK

inaudible inoffensive low quiet tasteful

Example Sentences

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The quicker, louder method may be more humane—and it may force us to confront what it means to keep the death penalty.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

Cummings said he attended around 200 Astros games, and never remembers the ballpark being louder outside of the playoffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

This is the Makerfield constituency, where locals are being heard louder than ever before in the most consequential by-election in decades.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Sure, teachers needed to talk louder, especially when they turned around and Klugo couldn’t read their lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

My head is buzzing with all sorts of questions, and the buzzing’s only gotten louder with the empty space and silence and time to think.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy