TONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
   Synonym(s)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • tincture (what does tincture mean?)
   • tint (what does tint mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • coloring (what does coloring mean?)
   • colouring (what does colouring mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • undertone (what does undertone mean?)
   • tinge (what does tinge mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • tincture (what does tincture mean?)
   • tint (what does tint mean?)
   • tinct (what does tinct mean?)
   • bepaint (what does bepaint mean?)
   • tinge (what does tinge mean?)
   • touch (what does touch mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Beijing dialect uses four tones
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pitch (what does pitch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
   Synonym(s)
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   • timber (what does timber mean?)
   • timbre (what does timbre mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
   • the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sound property (what does sound property mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • resonance (what does resonance mean?)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • coloration (what does coloration mean?)
   • colouration (what does colouration mean?)
   • harshness (what does harshness mean?)
   • roughness (what does roughness mean?)
   • fullness (what does fullness mean?)
   • mellowness (what does mellowness mean?)
   • richness (what does richness mean?)
   • nasality (what does nasality mean?)
   • plangency (what does plangency mean?)
   • resonance (what does resonance mean?)
   • reverberance (what does reverberance mean?)
   • ringing (what does ringing mean?)
   • sonorousness (what does sonorousness mean?)
   • sonority (what does sonority mean?)
   • vibrancy (what does vibrancy mean?)
   • shrillness (what does shrillness mean?)
   • stridence (what does stridence mean?)
   • stridency (what does stridency mean?)
   • register (what does register mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
   Usage Example(s)
   • the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw
   • from the tone of her behavior I gathe
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a steady sound without overtones
   Synonym(s)
   • pure tone (what does pure tone mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sound (what does sound mean?)
   • auditory sensation (what does auditory sensation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • harmonic (what does harmonic mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a musical interval of two semitones
   Synonym(s)
   • step (what does step mean?)
   • whole step (what does whole step mean?)
   • whole tone (what does whole tone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interval (what does interval mean?)
   • musical interval (what does musical interval mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
   Synonym(s)
   • musical note (what does musical note mean?)
   • note (what does note mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the singer held the note too long
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • musical notation (what does musical notation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tonic (what does tonic mean?)
   • keynote (what does keynote mean?)
   • supertonic (what does supertonic mean?)
   • mediant (what does mediant mean?)
   • subdominant (what does subdominant mean?)
   • dominant (what does dominant mean?)
   • submediant (what does submediant mean?)
   • subtonic (what does subtonic mean?)
   • leading tone (what does leading tone mean?)
   • pedal point (what does pedal point mean?)
   • pedal (what does pedal mean?)
   • trill (what does trill mean?)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
   • middle C (what does middle C mean?)
   • chord (what does chord mean?)
   • passing note (what does passing note mean?)
   • passing tone (what does passing tone mean?)
   • whole note (what does whole note mean?)
   • semibreve (what does semibreve mean?)
   • half note (what does half note mean?)
   • minim (what does minim mean?)
   • quarter note (what does quarter note mean?)
   • crotchet (what does crotchet mean?)
   • eighth note (what does eighth note mean?)
   • quaver (what does quaver mean?)
   • sixteenth note (what does sixteenth note mean?)
   • semiquaver (what does semiquaver mean?)
   • thirty-second note (what does thirty-second note mean?)
   • demisemiquaver (what does demisemiquaver mean?)
   • sixty-fourth note (what does sixty-fourth note mean?)
   • hemidemisemiquaver (what does hemidemisemiquaver mean?)
   • grace note (what does grace note mean?)
   • appoggiatura (what does appoggiatura mean?)
   • acciaccatura (what does acciaccatura mean?)
   • blue note (what does blue note mean?)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
8. Meaning
   • the quality of a person’’s voice
   Synonym(s)
   • tone of voice (what does tone of voice mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he began in a conversational tone
   • he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manner of speaking (what does manner of speaking mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • note (what does note mean?)
   • undertone (what does undertone mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • intonate (what does intonate mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
9. Meaning
   • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   Synonym(s)
   • feel (what does feel mean?)
   • feeling (what does feeling mean?)
   • flavor (what does flavor mean?)
   • flavour (what does flavour mean?)
   • look (what does look mean?)
   • smell (what does smell mean?)
   • spirit (what does spirit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the feel of the city excited him
   • a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
   • it had the smell of treason
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • atmosphere (what does atmosphere mean?)
   • ambiance (what does ambiance mean?)
   • ambience (what does ambience mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Hollywood (what does Hollywood mean?)
   • Zeitgeist (what does Zeitgeist mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • look (what does look mean?)
   • appear (what does appear mean?)
   • seem (what does seem mean?)
   • feel (what does feel mean?)
   • feel (what does feel mean?)
   • feel (what does feel mean?)
   • spirit (what does spirit mean?)
   • spirit up (what does spirit up mean?)
   • inspirit (what does inspirit mean?)
   • spiritize (what does spiritize mean?)
   • spiritise (what does spiritise mean?)
10. Meaning
    • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
    Synonym(s)
    • tonicity (what does tonicity mean?)
    • tonus (what does tonus mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the doctor tested my tonicity
    Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • tension (what does tension mean?)
    • tensity (what does tensity mean?)
    • tenseness (what does tenseness mean?)
    • tautness (what does tautness mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • atonicity (what does atonicity mean?)
    • atony (what does atony mean?)
    • atonia (what does atonia mean?)
    • amyotonia (what does amyotonia mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • catatonia (what does catatonia mean?)
    • muscular tonus (what does muscular tonus mean?)
    • muscle tone (what does muscle tone mean?)
    • myotonia (what does myotonia mean?)
    • hypertonia (what does hypertonia mean?)
    • hypertonus (what does hypertonus mean?)
    • hypertonicity (what does hypertonicity mean?)
    • hypotonia (what does hypotonia mean?)
    • hypotonus (what does hypotonus mean?)
    • hypotonicity (what does hypotonicity mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • tone (what does tone mean?)
    • tone up (what does tone up mean?)
    • strengthen (what does strengthen mean?)

TONE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • give a healthy elasticity to
   Synonym(s)
   • strengthen (what does strengthen mean?)
   • tone up (what does tone up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Let’’s tone our muscles
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • exercise (what does exercise mean?)
   • work out (what does work out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tonicity (what does tonicity mean?)
   • tonus (what does tonus mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
2. Meaning
   • change to a color image
   Usage Example(s)
   • tone a photographic image
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colorize (what does colorize mean?)
   • colorise (what does colorise mean?)
   • colourise (what does colourise mean?)
   • colourize (what does colourize mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • color in (what does color in mean?)
   • colour in (what does colour in mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • tint (what does tint mean?)
   • tincture (what does tincture mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • toner (what does toner mean?)
3. Meaning
   • change the color or tone of
   Usage Example(s)
   • tone a negative
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discolor (what does discolor mean?)
   • discolour (what does discolour mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • tint (what does tint mean?)
   • tincture (what does tincture mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • toner (what does toner mean?)
   • toner (what does toner mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of one’’s speech, varying the pitch
   Synonym(s)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • speak (what does speak mean?)
   • utter (what does utter mean?)
   • mouth (what does mouth mean?)
   • verbalize (what does verbalize mean?)
   • verbalise (what does verbalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • pitch contour (what does pitch contour mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   • prosody (what does prosody mean?)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   • timbre (what does timbre mean?)
   • timber (what does timber mean?)
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
5. Meaning
   • utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
   Synonym(s)
   • chant (what does chant mean?)
   • intone (what does intone mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
   Hypernyms(s) tone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • speak (what does speak mean?)
   • utter (what does utter mean?)
   • mouth (what does mouth mean?)
   • verbalize (what does verbalize mean?)
   • verbalise (what does verbalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • chanting (what does chanting mean?)
   • chant (what does chant mean?)