Antonym of the word loud

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. loud

   Antonyms:
   soft, gentle, subdued, whispering, rustling, murmuring, babbling, pattering, tinkling, dulcet, inaudible, quiet

   Synonyms:
   sounding, sonorous, resonant, noisy, audible, vociferous, clamorous, obstreperous

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. loudadjective

   characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

   «a group of loud children»; «loud thunder»; «her voice was too loud»; «loud trombones»

   Antonyms:
   subdued, soughing, susurrant, hushed, muffled, muted, tasteful, small, softened, euphonious, murmurous, little, murmuring, rustling, soft-spoken, quiet, low, dull, whispering, gentle, low-toned, soft-footed, susurrous, soft

   Synonyms:
   flashy, tawdry, cheap, meretricious, tacky, flash, gimcrack, tatty, garish, brassy, trashy, gaudy, forte

2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective

   tastelessly showy

   «a flash car»; «a flashy ring»; «garish colors»; «a gaudy costume»; «loud sport shirts»; «a meretricious yet stylish book»; «tawdry ornaments»

   Antonyms:
   subdued, dull, susurrous, euphonious, muffled, soft-footed, murmuring, whispering, muted, little, susurrant, hushed, tasteful, murmurous, quiet, low-toned, soft-spoken, soft, rustling, small, gentle, low, soughing, softened

   Synonyms:
   forte, crummy, brazen, brazen-faced, chintzy, ratty, audacious, specious, punk, shabby, flashy, meretricious, jazzy, cheapjack, bodacious, inexpensive, tinny, bum, cheap, sleazy, trashy, brassy, insolent, gaudy, garish, tatty, shoddy, sporty, cheesy, tawdry, brasslike, moth-eaten, bald-faced, barefaced, gimcrack, chinchy, flash, showy, tacky, gilded, rubbishy

3. forte, loudadverb

   used chiefly as a direction or description in music

   «the forte passages in the composition»

   Antonyms:
   tasteful, dull, euphonious, gentle, soughing, softened, soft, murmurous, small, susurrous, murmuring, whispering, susurrant, soft-spoken, muted, quiet, subdued, hushed, little, low-toned, rustling, muffled, soft-footed, low

   Synonyms:
   flashy, tawdry, cheap, garish, tacky, flash, gimcrack, tatty, meretricious, brassy, trashy, gaudy, forte

4. loudly, loud, aloudadverb

   with relatively high volume

   «the band played loudly»; «she spoke loudly and angrily»; «he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him»; «cried aloud for help»

   Antonyms:
   soughing, susurrant, euphonious, susurrous, whispering, low-toned, murmuring, small, soft-footed, muffled, hushed, little, rustling, tasteful, subdued, soft, gentle, quiet, low, murmurous, dull, muted, soft-spoken, softened

   Synonyms:
   clamorously, loudly, forte, obstreperously, aloud, out loud

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. loudadjective

   Synonyms:
   deafening, stentorian, resonant, clarion, clamorous, vociferous, boisterous, gaudy, flashy, ostentatious, showy, emphatic, urgent, appealing

How to use loud in a sentence?

1. Jimmy Kimmel:

   This is a time to be loud — and to stay loud — and not stop until we fix this, some people say this is a mental health problem. Others say it’s a gun problem. It is both, and it can be both. So let’s work on both of those.

2. Lynn Calvacca:

   Everyone in that building is afraid, when you have somebody who’s a large man, boisterous, loud — he pretty much convinces or scares anyone he’s with to get his way.

3. Jean Lorrain:

   Polaire! The agitating and agitated Polaire! The tiny slip of a woman that you know, with the waist slender to the point of pain, of screaming out loud, of breaking in two, in a spasmically tight bodice, the prettiest slimness …

4. Jeb Bush:

   We can’t rely on the loud voices. We can’t rely on untested people.

5. Crispin Sinclair:

   The main feature is the safety cage with the seatbelt, and the idea is that it’s wide enough that it won’t go under the side of a lorry, of a modern bus or lorry, so it gets pushed away instead, and also if you’re hit by a car it’s effectively the same as a car roll cage. It’s also got on the final version wing mirrors, indicators, hazard flashers, and a loud horn.

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