1. Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
   "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"
    
2. Tastelessly showy
   "loud sport shirts";
   - brassy [informal], flash [informal], flashy, garish, gaudy, meretricious, trashy
    
3. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly
   "the loud passages in the composition";
   - forte

1. With relatively high volume
   "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him";
   - loudly, aloud

Derived forms: loudest, louder

See also: audible, big, blaring, blasting, clarion, deafening, earsplitting, earthshaking, fortemente, fortissimo, gobby [Brit, informal], harsh-voiced, hearable, intensity, loud-mouthed, loudness, loud-voiced, mouthy [informal], noisy, shattering, shouted, tasteless, thunderous, thundery, trumpet-like, vocal, volume, yelled

Antonym: soft

Encyclopedia: Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty