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Tone

🔄 Synonyms of "Tone"

23 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
timbrenoun	The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
spiritnoun	The soul of a person or other creature.
lookverb	To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
strengthenverb	(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
qualitynoun	(uncountable) Level of excellence.
feelingnoun	Emotion; impression.
tincturenoun	(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
feelverb	(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
timbernoun	(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
notenoun	A symbol or annotation.
stepnoun	An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
tintnoun	A slight coloring.
flavornoun	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
smellnoun	A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
tone of voicenoun	The quality, manner, or way someone speaks.
tonusnoun	(biology) tonicity; tone
tonicitynoun	(sciences) The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane
tone upverb	(transitive, intransitive) To firm and strengthen the muscles of the body by regular exercise.
whole stepnoun	(music) An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone.
whole tonenoun	(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.
musical note	In music, notes are distinct and isolatable sounds that act as the most basic building blocks for nearly all of music.
pure tone	In psychoacoustics, a pure tone is a sound with a sinusoidal waveform; that is, a sine wave of constant frequency, phase-shift, and amplitude.
shadenoun	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

↔️ Antonyms of "Tone"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
amyotonianoun	Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital.
atonianoun	Lack of muscle tone.
atonynoun	Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
atonicitynoun	The property of being atonic.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tone"

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

Word	Definition
timbrenoun	The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
whole tonenoun	(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.
whole stepnoun	(music) An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone.
tone of voicenoun	The quality, manner, or way someone speaks.
notenoun	A symbol or annotation.
looknoun	The action of looking; an attempt to see.
feelnoun	(chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.
feelingnoun	Emotion; impression.
tone upverb	(transitive, intransitive) To firm and strengthen the muscles of the body by regular exercise.
qualitynoun	(uncountable) Level of excellence.
spiritnoun	The soul of a person or other creature.
strengthenverb	(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
tintnoun	A slight coloring.
tonusnoun	(biology) tonicity; tone
stepnoun	An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
tincturenoun	(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
flavornoun	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
shadenoun	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
tonicitynoun	(sciences) The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane
smellnoun	A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.