loudest
- 1Superlative of loud.
The thunderclap was the loudest noise anyone in the village had ever heard.
Of all the speakers on the panel, she had the loudest and most commanding voice.
Note
The ordinary inflected superlative: like most one-syllable adjectives, loud adds -est rather than taking most. The form carries every adjectival meaning of its base, not just sound. The loudest shirt on the rack is the gaudiest, and the loudest critic is the brashest. Because a superlative singles one out of a group, it usually comes with the or a possessive: the loudest voice, the room's loudest guest.
loudest is a form of loud
loud, adjective: Making or marked by a great deal of sound; of high volume or intensity. Full entry
- Spelling
- loud → loudest: add -est
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