MONOTONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an unchanging intonation
   Synonym(s)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) monotone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • pitch contour (what does pitch contour mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone on (what does drone on mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone on (what does drone on mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
   Hypernyms(s) monotone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • note (what does note mean?)
   • musical note (what does musical note mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)

MONOTONE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
   Synonym(s)
   • monotonic (what does monotonic mean?)
   • monotonous (what does monotonous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the owl’’s faint monotonous hooting
   Similar To
   • unmelodious (what does unmelodious mean?)
   • unmelodic (what does unmelodic mean?)
   • unmusical (what does unmusical mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of a sequence or function
   • consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
   Synonym(s)
   • monotonic (what does monotonic mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • nonmonotonic (what does nonmonotonic mean?)
   Similar To
   • decreasing monotonic (what does decreasing monotonic mean?)
   • increasing monotonic (what does increasing monotonic mean?)