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tone

Letters that make tone

o, e, n, t are letters that make 'tone'

Words within tone

ton, one, on, NE, Ne are words within 'tone'

Anagrams of tone

note is an anagram of 'tone'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of tone

toner, Stone, atone, stones, tones, toney, stone, toned are words created by adding a letter to 'tone'

tone is a 4 letter word ending with e
tone is a 4 letter word starting with t

15 possible definitions for 'tone'

Tone as "a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tint, shade, tincture have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of color, colouring, coloring, colour.

Types of tone

undertone, tinge, mellowness, richness are types of 'tone'.

Derivatives of tone

tinct, tincture, tint, tinge, touch, tone are derivatives of 'tone'.

Tone as "(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

timbre, timber, quality have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of sound property.

Types of tone

resonance, resonance, nasality, plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy, shrillness, stridence, color, colour, harmonic, coloration, colouration, register, stridency are types of 'tone'.

tone as a category

'tone' can be a category of music.

Derivatives of tone

tone, modulate, inflect, tonal are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely", "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

Tone as "a steady sound without overtones"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pure tone has the same meaning as tone

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of auditory sensation, sound.

Types of tone

harmonic is a type of tone.

Derivatives of tone

tonal is a derivative of tone.

Example of tone used within this context

"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

Tone as "a musical interval of two semitones"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

step, whole tone, whole step have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of interval, musical interval.

Tone as "a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

note, musical note have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of musical notation.

Types of tone

tonic, pedal, shake, keynote, crotchet, passing tone, supertonic, passing note, half note, sixteenth note, acciaccatura, dominant, monotone, mediant, subdominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, pedal point, trill, middle C, chord, whole note, semibreve, quarter note, eighth note, quaver, semiquaver, thirty-second note, demisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver, grace note, appoggiatura, minim, blue note are types of 'tone'.

tone as a member

'tone' can be a member of scale, musical scale.

Derivatives of tone

tonic is a derivative of tone.

Tone as "the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

feel, smell, spirit, look, flavor, feeling, flavour have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of atmosphere, ambience, ambiance.

Types of tone

Hollywood, Zeitgeist are types of 'tone'.

Derivatives of tone

spirit up, inspirit, appear, spiritize, spiritise, spirit, feel, seem, look are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"the feel of the city excited him", "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting", "it had the smell of treason"

Tone as "the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tonicity, tonus have the same meaning as 'tone'

Antonyms

atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia have the opposite meaning of 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity.

Types of tone

catatonia, muscular tonus, muscle tone, myotonia, hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity, hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity are types of 'tone'.

tone as a category

'tone' can be a category of muscle, muscular tissue.

Derivatives of tone

tonic, tone up, strengthen, tone are derivatives of 'tone'.

Tone as "give a healthy elasticity to"

Under this definition, tone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tone up, strengthen have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of work out, exercise.

Derivatives of tone

tone, tonicity, tonus are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"Let's tone our muscles"

Tone as "change the color or tone of"

Under this definition, tone is a verb and has the following properties:

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of discolour, color, colour, discolor.

Derivatives of tone

tint, tone, shade, tincture, toner are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"tone a negative"

Tone as "change to a color image"

Under this definition, tone is a verb and has the following properties:

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in, colorize, color, colour.

Derivatives of tone

tint, tone, shade, tincture, toner are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"tone a photographic image"

Tone as "vary the pitch of one's speech"

Under this definition, tone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

modulate, inflect have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of verbalize, verbalise, speak, mouth, utter, talk.

Derivatives of tone

timbre, timber, tone, modulation, intonation, prosody, quality, inflection, pitch contour are derivatives of 'tone'.

Tone as "utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically"

Under this definition, tone is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

intone, chant have the same meaning as 'tone'

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of verbalize, verbalise, speak, mouth, utter, talk.

Derivatives of tone

intonation, chanting, chant are derivatives of 'tone'.

Tone as "(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of pitch.

tone as a category

'tone' can be a category of linguistics.

Derivatives of tone

tonal, intone, intonate, tone, modulate, inflect, tonic are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

Tone as "the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of quality.

Example of tone used within this context

"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"

Tone as "the quality of a person's voice"

Under this definition, tone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

tone of voice has the same meaning as tone

tone as a type

'tone' can be a type of speech, manner of speaking, delivery.

Types of tone

note, undertone, roundness, rotundity are types of 'tone'.

Derivatives of tone

intone, intonate are derivatives of 'tone'.

Example of tone used within this context

"he began in a conversational tone", "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"