- in a way that makes a lot of noise or can be easily heard synonym loudly
- Do you have to play that music so loud?
- You'll have to speak louder—I can't hear you.
- She screamed loud enough to wake the dead.
- If you shout loud enough, you will get what you want.
Which Word? loud / loudly / aloudloud / loudly / aloud- Loudly is the usual adverb from the adjective loud:
- The audience laughed loudly at the joke.
- Loud is very common as an adverb in informal language. It is nearly always used in phrases such as loud enough, as loud as or with too, very, so, etc:
- Don’t play your music too loud.
- I shouted as loud as I could.
- Louder is also used in informal styles to mean ‘more loudly’:
- Can you speak louder?
- Out loud is a common adverb meaning ‘so that people can hear’:
- Can you read the letter out loud?
- He laughed out loud at his own joke.
Word OriginOld English hlūd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch luid, German laut, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘hear’, shared by Greek kluein ‘hear’, klutos ‘famous’ and Latin cluere ‘be famous’.
Idioms
See loud in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryactions speak louder than words
- (saying) what a person actually does means more than what they say they will do
for crying out loud
- (informal) used to show you are angry or surprised
- For crying out loud! Why did you have to do that?
loud and clear
- in a way that is very easy to understand
- The message is coming through loud and clear.
out loud
- in a voice that can be heard by other people
- I laughed out loud.
- Please read the letter out loud.
think aloud/out loud
- to say what your thoughts are as you have them
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