| ADJECTIVE | all | loud | characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity |
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| all | loud, brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | tastelessly showy | |
| all | loud, forte | used chiefly as a direction or description in music | |
| ADVERB | all | loud, loudly, aloud | with relatively high volume |
| Sounds | law'd | |
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| Rhymes | aloud ... unbowed: 15 rhymes with awd... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity. | |
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| Attribute of | volume, loudness, intensity | The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) |
| Narrower | big | Loud and firm |
| blaring, blasting | unpleasantly loud and penetrating | |
| clarion | Loud and clear | |
| deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery | Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | |
| earthshaking | Loud enough to shake the very earth | |
| harsh-voiced | Having an unusually harsh sound | |
| loud-mouthed | given to loud offensive talk / talk | |
| loud-voiced | Having an unusually loud voice | |
| shattering | seemingly loud enough to break something | |
| shouted, yelled | In a vehement outcry | |
| trumpet-like | resembling the sound of a trumpet | |
| vocal | Full of the sound of voices | |
| See also | audible, hearable | heard or perceptible by the ear |
| noisy | Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds | |
| Opposite | soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Catalan | alt, fort | |
| Nouns | loudness | the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) |
| Adverbs | loudly | with relatively high volume |
| Meaning | tastelessly showy. | |
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| Example | "loud sport shirts" | |
| Synonyms | brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy | |
| Broader | tasteless | lacking aesthetic or social taste |
| Spanish | chillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar | |
| Catalan | cridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar | |
| Nouns | loudness | tasteless showiness |
| Meaning | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. | |
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| Synonym | forte | |
| Narrower | fortemente | chiefly a direction or description in music |
| fortissimo | chiefly a direction or description in music | |
| Opposite | piano, soft | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music |
| Spanish | alto, forte, fuerte | |
| Nouns | loudness | the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) |
| Meaning | With relatively high volume. | |
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| Synonyms | loudly, aloud | |
| Opposite | softly, quietly | With low volume |
| Spanish | en voz alta, ruidosamente | |
| Catalan | sorollosament | |
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