loud: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with L · ends with D
Meaning of loud
adj
Of great intensity.
Example: Turn that music down; it's too loud.
- usually
Noisy.
Example: a loud party that went on all night
- usually
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- usually
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
Example: a loud style of dress; loud colors
Listed forms: louder, loudest, lowd.
Source: Wiktionary — loud.
noun
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
A loud sound or part of a sound.
- slang, uncountable
High-quality marijuana.
Listed forms: louds, lowd.
Source: Wiktionary — loud.
adv
Loudly.
Listed forms: louder, loudest, lowd.
Source: Wiktionary — loud.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for loud.
adjective
tastelessly showy
adjective
(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly
adverb
with relatively high volume
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is loud in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of loud
L(1) + O(1) + U(1) + D(2) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of loud
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from loud
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in loud. Showing up to 24, longest first.