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Monotone

/ˈmɒ.nə.təʊn/

A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

📖 Definitions of "Monotone"

noun

1
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
"When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot."
2
A piece of writing in one strain throughout.

verb

adjective

1
(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
2
Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.
"The function f(x):=x^3 is monotone on \R, while g(x):=x^2 is not."

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dronenoun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
monotonous	Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
droningnoun	A dull humming.
monotonic	(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
unmusical	Not musical: lacking in musical ability.
unmelodic	Not melodic.
unmelodious	Not melodious.
decreasing monotonic	consistently decreasing
increasing monotonic	consistently increasing

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
nonmonotonic	Not monotonic

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
monotonous	Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.
monotonic	(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
unmusical	Not musical: lacking in musical ability.
unmelodic	Not melodic.
unmelodious	Not melodious.
droningnoun	A dull humming.
dronenoun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
decreasing monotonic	consistently decreasing
increasing monotonic	consistently increasing
chantnoun	Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
decreasingnoun	(knitting) A decrease.
monotonalnoun	monotone.
one-note	(idiomatic) Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range.
monoharmonic	(music) That produces only a single tone
monophonous	Able to produce only one sound at a time.
monophonic	(music) Having a single melodic line and no harmony.
mononoun	(informal) A monogamous person.
monorhythmic	(music) Having a single tempo.
homophonic	(linguistics) Having the same sound; being homophones.
monovocal	Having a single voice (opinion, point of view)