loud
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
a group of loud children
Related & opposite
- audible also see
- noisy also see
- soft antonym
- loudness attribute
- loudness derivation
- big similar to
- blaring similar to
- clarion similar to
- thunderous similar to
- earthshaking similar to
- harsh-voiced similar to
- loud-mouthed similar to
- loud-voiced similar to
- shattering similar to
- shouted similar to
- trumpet-like similar to
- vocal similar to
Sense 2 adverb
with relatively high volume
the band played loudly
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
tastelessly showy
a flash car
Related & opposite
- gaud derivation
- garishness derivation
- tat derivation
- brashness derivation
- shoddiness derivation
- ostentation derivation
- tasteless similar to
Sense 4 adjective
used chiefly as a direction or description in music
the forte passages in the composition
Related & opposite
- piano antonym
- loudness derivation
- fortemente similar to
- fortissimo similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | audible |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | noisy |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | soft |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | loudness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | loudness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | big |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | blaring |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | clarion |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | thunderous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | earthshaking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | harsh-voiced |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | loud-mouthed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | loud-voiced |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | shattering |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | shouted |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | trumpet-like |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | vocal |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | softly |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | loud |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gaud |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | garishness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brashness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoddiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ostentation |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tasteless |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | piano |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loudness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fortemente |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fortissimo |