Synonyms and Antonyms of tone

synonym (synonym of tone)

  • (noun.communication)
    tone of voice
    the quality of a person's voice (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    quality, timber, timbre
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.state)
    feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit
    the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    shade, tincture, tint
    a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    musical note, note
    a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    pure tone
    a steady sound without overtones (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.state)
    tonicity, tonus
    the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    step, whole step, whole tone
    a musical interval of two semitones (noun.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    chant, intone
    utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    inflect, modulate
    vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.body)
    strengthen, tone up
    give a healthy elasticity to (verb.body)
     

antonym (antonym of tone)

hypernym (tone IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages (noun.attribute)
    pitch
    the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (noun.attribute)
     
  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
    sound property
    an attribute of sound (noun.attribute)
     
  • a musical interval of two semitones (noun.communication)
    interval, musical interval
    the difference in pitch between two notes (noun.communication)
     
  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication)
    musical notation
    (music) notation used by musicians (noun.communication)
     
  • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (noun.attribute)
    color, coloring, colour, colouring
    a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect (noun.attribute)
     
  • a steady sound without overtones (noun.cognition)
    auditory sensation, sound
    the subjective sensation of hearing something (noun.cognition)
     
  • change the color or tone of (verb.change)
    color, colour, discolor, discolour
    change color, often in an undesired manner (verb.change)
     
  • change to a color image (verb.change)
    color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
    add color to (verb.change)
     
  • give a healthy elasticity to (verb.body)
    exercise, work out
    do physical exercise (verb.body)
     
  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
    tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity
    the physical condition of being stretched or strained (noun.state)
     
  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (noun.state)
    ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
    a particular environment or surrounding influence (noun.state)
     
  • the quality of a person's voice (noun.communication)
    delivery, manner of speaking, speech
    your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally (noun.communication)
     
  • the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author (noun.attribute)
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)
     
  • vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)
    mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
    express in speech (verb.communication)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF tone relation)

  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
    harmonic
    any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    resonance
    the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    color, coloration, colour, colouration
    the timbre of a musical sound (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    nasality
    a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy
    having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    shrillness, stridence, stridency
    having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    register
    (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of differ more.. (noun.attribute)
     
  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication)
    keynote, tonic
    (music) the first note of a diatonic scale (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    supertonic
    (music) the second note of a diatonic scale (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    mediant
    (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    subdominant
    (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    dominant
    (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    submediant
    (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    leading tone, subtonic
    (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    pedal, pedal point
    a sustained bass note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    shake, trill
    a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    middle c
    the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    chord
    a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    passing note, passing tone
    a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    semibreve, whole note
    a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    half note, minim
    a musical note having the time value of half a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    crotchet, quarter note
    a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    eighth note, quaver
    a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    semiquaver, sixteenth note
    a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    demisemiquaver, thirty-second note
    a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note
    a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    blue note
    a flattened third or seventh (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    monotone
    a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) (noun.communication)
     
  • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (noun.attribute)
    mellowness
    a soft shade of a color (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    richness
    a strong deep vividness of hue (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    tinge, undertone
    a pale or subdued color (noun.attribute)
     
  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
    catatonia
    extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    muscle tone, muscular tonus
    normal tonicity of the muscles (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    myotonia
    abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus
    (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus
    (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic (noun.state)
     
  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (noun.state)
    hollywood
    a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation (noun.state)
     
  • the quality of a person's voice (noun.communication)
    note
    a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    rotundity, roundness
    the fullness of a tone of voice (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    undertone
    a quiet or hushed tone of voice (noun.communication)
     

member meronym (HAS MEMBER relation)

  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication)
    musical scale, scale
    (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (noun.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from tone)

  • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages (noun.attribute)
    inflect, modulate, tone
    vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    intonate, intone
    speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone (verb.communication)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    tonal, tonic
    employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words (adj.pert)
     
  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
    tonal, tonal
    having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic (adj.all)
     
  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound (noun.communication)
    tonic
    relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale (adj.all)
     
  • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (noun.attribute)
    tinct, tinge, tint, touch
    color lightly (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    tincture
    stain or tint with a color (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    tone
    change to a color image (verb.change)
     
  • change to a color image (verb.change)
    shade, tincture, tint, tone
    a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    toner
    a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print (noun.substance)
     
  • give a healthy elasticity to (verb.body)
    tone, tonicity, tonus
    the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
     
  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
    strengthen, tone, tone up
    give a healthy elasticity to (verb.body)
     
  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (noun.state)
    inspirit, spirit, spirit up
    infuse with spirit (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    spiritise, spiritize
    imbue with a spirit (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    feel
    undergo passive experience of: (verb.perception)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    appear, look, seem
    give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect (verb.perception)
     
  • utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically (verb.communication)
    chanting, intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    chant
    a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone (noun.communication)
     
  • vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)
    quality, timber, timbre, tone
    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    inflection, prosody
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    inflection, modulation
    a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    intonation, modulation, pitch contour
    rise and fall of the voice pitch (noun.communication)
     

domain category (tone is domain category of ....)

  • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages (noun.attribute)
    linguistics
    the scientific study of language (noun.cognition)
     
  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (noun.attribute)
    music
    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication)
     
  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state)
    muscle, muscular tissue
    animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (noun.body)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym member meronym derivation domain category tone of voice quality feel feeling shade tincture amyotonia atonia atonicity atony color coloring pitch sound property quality auditory sensation mellowness richness tinge undertone harmonic resonance musical scale scale tinct tinge tincture inflect modulate intonate linguistics music muscle
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