background noise
Constant environmental hum
Background noise is the ambient sound present in an environment—traffic hum, air conditioning, distant conversation, the general sonic texture of a place.
It's noise you're not focusing on but that remains audible beneath whatever you're attending to.
Figuratively, background noise describes anything persistently present but easily ignored: The constant news cycle becomes background noise after a while.
- ambientOf the surroundings
- ambient soundEnvironmental background audio
- staticWithout motion or change
- humLow steady sound
- hissSharp sibilant sound
chatter · murmur · coffee shop · buzz · drone · interference · din · rumble · fuzz · crackle · humming · fan · traffic · sound pollution · air conditioning · recording · microphone · soundtrack
- phone etiquettemuting, voicemail, caller ID, speakerphone, call waiting
- soundscapessoundscape, soundscapes, nature sounds, ambient sound, ocean waves
- soundscapesoundscape, ambient sound, ambient sounds, field recording, room tone
- audiosound, headphones, audio track, volume control, sound recording
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- Conference Callsconference call, dial-in, mute, unmute, passcode
background noisesilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · stillness · hush · soundlessness · peace and quiet
background, noise, back, ground, grounds, grounded, grounding, groundless, noisy