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tone
Overview of noun tone
The noun tone has 10 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (24) tone, tone of voice -- (the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice")
2. (22) tone -- ((linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones")
3. (11) timbre, timber, quality, tone -- ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet")
4. (5) spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell -- (the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason")
5. (2) shade, tint, tincture, tone -- (a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted")
6. (1) note, musical note, tone -- (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long")
7. (1) tone, pure tone -- (a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies")
8. tonicity, tonus, tone -- (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity")
9. tone, whole tone, step, whole step -- (a musical interval of two semitones)
10. tone -- (the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome")
Overview of verb tone
The verb tone has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tone, chant, intone -- (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again")
2. tone, inflect, modulate -- (vary the pitch of one's speech)
3. tone -- (change the color or tone of; "tone a negative")
4. tone -- (change to a color image; "tone a photographic image")
5. tone, tone up, strengthen -- (give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tone
10 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, tone of voice
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tone
=> pitch
=> sound property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
=> sound property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
shade, tint, tincture, tone
=> color, colour, coloring, colouring
=> visual property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
=> musical notation
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
tone, pure tone
=> sound, auditory sensation
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> perception
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
tone, whole tone, step, whole step
=> interval, musical interval
=> musical notation
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
tone
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tone
7 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, tone of voice
=> note
=> roundness, rotundity
=> undertone
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
=> harmonic
=> resonance
=> color, colour, coloration, colouration
=> nasality
=> plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy
=> shrillness, stridence, stridency
=> register
Sense 4
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
=> Hollywood
=> Zeitgeist
Sense 5
shade, tint, tincture, tone
=> mellowness
=> richness
=> undertone, tinge
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
=> tonic, keynote
=> supertonic
=> mediant
=> subdominant
=> dominant
=> submediant
=> subtonic, leading tone
=> pedal point, pedal
=> trill, shake
=> middle C
=> chord
=> passing note, passing tone
=> whole note, semibreve
=> half note, minim
=> quarter note, crotchet
=> eighth note, quaver
=> sixteenth note, semiquaver
=> thirty-second note, demisemiquaver
=> sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver
=> grace note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura
=> blue note
=> monotone
Sense 7
tone, pure tone
=> harmonic
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
=> catatonia
=> muscular tonus, muscle tone
=> myotonia
=> hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity
=> hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tone
10 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, tone of voice
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
Sense 2
tone
=> pitch
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
=> sound property
Sense 4
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
Sense 5
shade, tint, tincture, tone
=> color, colour, coloring, colouring
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
=> musical notation
Sense 7
tone, pure tone
=> sound, auditory sensation
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
Sense 9
tone, whole tone, step, whole step
=> interval, musical interval
Sense 10
tone
=> quality
Antonyms of noun tone
Member Holonyms of noun tone
1 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
MEMBER OF: scale, musical scale
Substance Holonyms of noun tone
Part Holonyms of noun tone
Member Meronyms of noun tone
Substance Meronyms of noun tone
Part Meronyms of noun tone
Meronyms of noun tone
Holonyms of noun tone
1 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
MEMBER OF: scale, musical scale
Attributes of noun tone
Derived Forms of noun tone
7 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, tone of voice
RELATED TO>(verb) intonate#1
=> intonate, intone
Sense 2
tone
RELATED TO>(adj) tonal#1
=> tonic, tonal
RELATED TO>(adj) tonic#2
=> tonic, tonal
RELATED TO>(verb) tone#2
=> tone, inflect, modulate
RELATED TO>(verb) intonate#1
=> intonate, intone
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
RELATED TO>(adj) tonal#2
=> tonal
RELATED TO>(verb) tone#2
=> tone, inflect, modulate
Sense 5
shade, tint, tincture, tone
RELATED TO>(verb) tone#4
=> tone
RELATED TO>(verb) tone#3
=> tone
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
RELATED TO>(adj) tonic#4
=> tonic
Sense 7
tone, pure tone
RELATED TO>(adj) tonal#2
=> tonal
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
RELATED TO>(adj) tonic#1
=> tonic
RELATED TO>(verb) tone#5
=> tone, tone up, strengthen
Domain of noun tone
3 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 2
tone
TOPIC>(noun) linguistics#1
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
TOPIC>(noun) muscle#2, muscular tissue#1
Domain Terms of noun tone
Familiarity of noun tone
tone used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tone
10 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, tone of voice
> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> address
=> catch
=> tongue
=> shibboleth
=> tone, tone of voice
=> elocution
=> prosody, inflection
=> modulation, inflection
Sense 2
tone
> pitch
=> concert pitch, philharmonic pitch, international pitch
=> high pitch, high frequency
=> soprano, treble
=> tenor
=> key
=> low pitch, low frequency
=> alto
=> alto
=> bass
=> tone
=> tune
Sense 3
timbre, timber, quality, tone
> sound property
=> sound
=> silence, quiet
=> musicality, musicalness
=> harmony
=> dissonance
=> pitch
=> registration
=> timbre, timber, quality, tone
=> volume, loudness, intensity
=> softness
=> rhythmicity
Sense 4
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> genius loci
=> gloom, gloominess, glumness
=> miasma, miasm
=> spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
=> vibe, vibration
Sense 5
shade, tint, tincture, tone
> color, colour, coloring, colouring
=> heather mixture, heather
=> mottle
=> shade, tint, tincture, tone
=> chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
=> achromatic color, achromatic colour
=> coloration, colouration
=> complexion, skin color, skin colour
=> nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
> musical notation
=> bar line
=> tablature
=> scale, musical scale
=> interval, musical interval
=> staff, stave
=> clef
=> key signature, signature
=> key, tonality
=> atonality, atonalism
=> time signature, musical time signature
=> measure, bar
=> rest
=> note, musical note, tone
=> slur
=> sharp
=> flat
=> natural, cancel
=> accidental
=> solmization, solmisation
=> segno
=> sforzando
Sense 7
tone, pure tone
> sound, auditory sensation
=> music, euphony
=> music
=> tone, pure tone
=> noise, dissonance, racket
Sense 8
tonicity, tonus, tone
> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> tonicity, tonus, tone
Sense 9
tone, whole tone, step, whole step
> interval, musical interval
=> tone, whole tone, step, whole step
=> semitone, half step
=> quarter tone, quarter-tone
=> octave, musical octave
=> third
=> fourth
=> fifth
=> sixth
=> seventh
Sense 10
tone
> quality
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> attraction, attractiveness
=> clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
=> opacity, opaqueness
=> divisibility
=> ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
=> difficulty, difficultness
=> combustibility, combustibleness, burnability
=> suitability, suitableness
=> arability
=> impressiveness
=> navigability
=> neediness
=> painfulness, distressingness
=> piquancy, piquance, piquantness
=> publicity
=> spinnability
=> unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
=> protectiveness
=> nature
=> humanness, humanity, manhood
=> air, aura, atmosphere
=> excellence
=> ultimate
=> characteristic
=> salability, salableness
=> changeableness, changeability
=> changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
=> sameness
=> difference
=> certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion
=> probability
=> uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness
=> factuality, factualness
=> counterfactuality
=> materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality
=> immateriality, incorporeality
=> particularity, specialness
=> generality
=> simplicity, simpleness
=> complexity, complexness
=> regularity
=> irregularity, unregularity
=> mobility
=> immobility
=> pleasantness, sweetness
=> unpleasantness
=> credibility, credibleness, believability
=> incredibility, incredibleness
=> logicality, logicalness
=> illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence
=> naturalness
=> unnaturalness
=> virtu, vertu
=> wholesomeness
=> unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
=> satisfactoriness
=> unsatisfactoriness
=> ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> extraordinariness
=> ethnicity
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
=> nativeness
=> originality
=> unoriginality
=> correctness, rightness
=> incorrectness, wrongness
=> accuracy, truth
=> accuracy
=> inaccuracy
=> distinction
=> popularity
=> unpopularity
=> lawfulness
=> unlawfulness
=> elegance
=> elegance
=> inelegance
=> urbanity
=> comprehensibility, understandability
=> expressiveness
=> incomprehensibility
=> humaneness
=> inhumaneness, inhumanity
=> morality
=> immorality
=> amorality
=> divinity
=> holiness, sanctity, sanctitude
=> ideality
=> unholiness
=> parental quality
=> fidelity, faithfulness
=> infidelity, unfaithfulness
=> sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> naivete, naivety, naiveness
=> penetrability, perviousness
=> impenetrability, imperviousness
=> soapiness
=> fibrosity, fibrousness
=> directivity, directiveness
=> extremeness
=> stuffiness, closeness
=> sufficiency, adequacy
=> worth
=> worthlessness, ineptitude
=> good, goodness
=> bad, badness
=> fruitfulness, fecundity
=> fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
=> utility, usefulness
=> inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
=> asset, plus
=> constructiveness
=> destructiveness
=> positivity, positiveness, positivism
=> negativity, negativeness, negativism
=> occidentalism
=> orientalism
=> power, powerfulness
=> ability
=> powerlessness, impotence, impotency
=> inability, unfitness
=> romanticism, romance
=> domesticity
=> infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness
=> finiteness, finitude, boundedness
=> quantifiability, measurability
=> solubility
=> insolubility
=> stuff
=> hot stuff, voluptuousness
=> humor, humour
=> pathos, poignancy
=> tone
=> brachycephaly, brachycephalism
=> dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism
=> relativity
=> responsiveness
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> subjectivism
=> snootiness
=> ulteriority
=> memorability
=> woodiness, woodsiness
=> waxiness
Meronyms of noun tone
10 senses of tone
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
=> musical notation
HAS PART: staff line
HAS PART: space
HAS PART: ledger line, leger line
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 9
tone, whole tone, step, whole step
=> interval, musical interval
=> musical notation
HAS PART: staff line
HAS PART: space
HAS PART: ledger line, leger line
=> notation, notational system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun tone
1 of 10 senses of tone
Sense 6
note, musical note, tone
MEMBER OF: scale, musical scale
Grep of noun tone
12-tone music
12-tone system
abrading stone
acetone
aldactone
barbitone
baritone
barytone
bilestone
black turnstone
bladder stone
blarney stone
bloodstone
blue stone
bluestone
breakstone
brimstone
brownstone
capstone
chalkstone
cherry stone
cherrystone
chest tone
china stone
cinnamon stone
claystone
clingstone
cobblestone
copestone
coping stone
cornerstone
curbstone
david livingstone
dimethyl ketone
dripstone
edward durell stone
emery stone
fieldstone
fire and brimstone
firestone
flagstone
flintstone
flowering stone
foundation stone
freestone
gallstone
gemstone
gladstone
goldstone
gravestone
grindstone
gritstone
hailstone
halftone
harlan f. stone
harlan fisk stone
harlan fiske stone
harlan stone
head tone
headstone
hearthstone
histone
holystone
hornstone
hydrocortone
i. f. stone
isidor feinstein stone
jadestone
kerbstone
ketone
keystone
kidney stone
leading tone
limestone
living stone
livingstone
loadstone
lodestone
lucy stone
marlstone
mearstone
meerestone
merestone
methyl ethyl ketone
mifepristone
milestone
millstone
monotone
moonstone
muscle tone
nabumetone
oilstone
oliver stone
overtone
oxytone
paroxytone
partial tone
passing tone
paving stone
pentatone
peptone
phenobarbitone
philosopher's stone
philosophers' stone
pitchstone
precious stone
proparoxytone
pudding stone
pumice stone
pure tone
quarter-tone
quarter tone
rhinestone
rosetta stone
rottenstone
ruddy turnstone
sandstone
semitone
siltstone
sir charles wheatstone
soapstone
spironolactone
standing stone
stepping stone
sticks and stone
stone
sunstone
tombstone
tone
tone-beginning
tone arm
tone deafness
tone ending
tone language
tone of voice
tone poem
tone system
tonegawa susumu
toner
touchstone
turnstone
twelve-tone music
twelve-tone system
undertone
wheatstone
whetstone
whinstone
whole tone
william ewart gladstone
william gladstone
yellowstone
Antonyms of verb tone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tone
5 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, chant, intone
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
tone
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Sense 4
tone
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
=> exercise, work out
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tone
5 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, chant, intone
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sense 3
tone
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
Sense 4
tone
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
=> exercise, work out
'Cause To' of verb tone
Derived Forms of verb tone
4 of 5 senses of tone
Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
RELATED TO>(noun) tone#3
=> timbre, timber, quality, tone
RELATED TO>(noun) tone#2
=> tone
Sense 3
tone
RELATED TO>(noun) tone#5
=> shade, tint, tincture, tone
RELATED TO>(noun) toner#1
=> toner
RELATED TO>(noun) toner#2
=> toner
Sense 4
tone
RELATED TO>(noun) tone#5
=> shade, tint, tincture, tone
RELATED TO>(noun) toner#1
=> toner
Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
RELATED TO>(noun) tone#8
=> tonicity, tonus, tone
Domain of verb tone
Domain Terms of verb tone
Familiarity of verb tone
tone used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb tone
5 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, chant, intone
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
tone
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
tone
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tone
5 senses of tone
Sense 1
tone, chant, intone
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Sense 3
tone
> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> blush, crimson, flush, redden
=> pale, blanch, blench
=> tan, bronze
=> sunburn, burn
=> whiten, white
=> blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> turn
=> silver
=> dye
=> redden
=> purple
=> grey, gray
=> yellow
=> tone
=> green
=> blue
Sense 4
tone
> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> blackwash
=> motley, parti-color
=> polychrome, polychromize, polychromise
=> azure
=> purple, empurple, purpurate
=> aurify
=> verdigris
=> pinkify
=> incarnadine
=> embrown
=> handcolor, handcolour
=> tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> pigment
=> imbue, hue
=> retouch
=> silver
=> grey, gray
=> tone
=> redden
=> mottle, streak, blotch
Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
> exercise, work out
=> limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> train
=> tumble
=> tone, tone up, strengthen
=> weight-lift, weightlift, press
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tone
Sense 1
tone, chant, intone
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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Sense 2
tone, inflect, modulate
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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Sense 3
tone
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
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Sense 4
tone
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
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Sense 5
tone, tone up, strengthen
=> exercise, work out
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Grep of verb tone
atone
holystone
intone
keep one's nose to the grindstone
stone
tone
tone down
tone up
Grep of adj tone
baritone
carved in stone
monotone
mosstone
set in stone
stone
tone-deaf
toned
toned down
toneless
Grep of adv tone
tonelessly
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