<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>louder, loudest.</li><li>(of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.</li><li>Synonyms: stentorian, resounding, earsplitting.</li><li>Antonyms: quiet.</li><li>making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds: a quartet of loud trombones.</li><li>clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy: a loud party; a loud demonstration.</li><li>emphatic or insistent: to be loud in one's praises; a loud denial.</li><li>garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious, as colors, dress, or the wearer of garish dress: loud ties; a loud dresser.</li><li>Synonyms: showy, flashy, gaudy.</li><li>obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.</li><li>strong or offensive in smell.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>in a loud manner; loudly: Don't talk so loud.</li></ul>