The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - noise n.

1) sound, clamour, crash, clap, clash, clangour, din, thunder, thundering, rumble, rumbling, outcry, hubbub, uproar, hullabaloo, racket, charivari or US and Canadian also shivaree, rattle, caterwauling, rumpus, blare, blast, blasting, bawling, babel; commotion, bedlam, fracas, tumult, pandemonium, turmoil; discordance, dissonance, cacophony; Archaic alarms or alarums and excursions, Colloq ruckus, ruction, ballyhoo: I couldn't sleep because of the unbearable noise from the party next door. You may call acid rock music, but she calls it noise. 2) sound, disturbance: Did you just hear that strange noise? It's only the noise of the crickets. --v. 3) Often, noise about or around. circulate, spread, rumour, bruit (about) : It is being noised about that John and Marsha are getting a divorce.