to turn up the volume

Examples

• All

• Could you please turn up the volume, Mr. Hoffmann?

  2012 (2009)

• She reaches for the radio and turns up the volume without looking.

  Return to Sender (2004)

• It's time to turn up the volume.

  Death Proof (2007)

• - Turn up the volume, please.

  You People (2018)

• Let's turn up the volume.

  What Women Want (2000)

• The supervisor reaches over and turns up the volume on the speaker.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Alex quickly grabs the remote and turns up the volume.

  Fiction book (2000)

• With trembling fingers, he reaches over and turns up the volume of the radio transmission.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The guard turns up the volume on Jeopardy, drowning Stanley out.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Could you please turn up the volume on the radio? It's too quiet.

Synonyms

C

to crank up

vsto turn up the volume

• Informal

39 3.8

To increase the level or strength of something, for example volume, production

refers specifically to making device sound louder rather than general increase

B

to bump up

vsto turn up the volume

23 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

is specifically about increasing audio loudness on a device

A

to amplify

vsto turn up the volume

• Specialized

23 3.7

To make a sound or electronic signal louder using equipment

focuses on changing loudness on a device rather than signal processing

C

to crank up the volume

vsto turn up the volume

• Informal

1 3.4

Make the sound louder on a radio, music player, or TV

refers generally to increasing device loudness without method detail

B

to bump up the volume

vsto turn up the volume

3.4

Make the sound louder by turning the volume control

is general action of raising loudness from an audio device

J

to jack up the volume

vsto turn up the volume

• Informal

4.8

Turn a control to make music louder

is the neutral term for raising loudness on equipment

L

to louden

vsto turn up the volume

7.5

To become louder or make a sound louder

is about increasing device loudness specifically, not any sound source

V

to volumize

vsto turn up the volume

• Specialized

5.8

To make recorded sound louder

applies to live device loudness rather than postproduction processing

Antonyms

T

to turn down

191 2.7

Make the sound or heat from something lower, for example music

M

to mute

21 3.1

To stop a sound or notification from making noise

How Loud

to blast

66 4.1

to crank up the volume

• Informal

1 3.4

to turn up the volume

10 2.0

to bump up the volume

3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology