Word

tone, n.
(tones)
freq. cnt. 66

the quality of a person's voice
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24

tone tone of voice

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

intonate

semantic pointers

hypernym

speech, manner of speaking, delivery

hyponym

note roundness, rotundity undertone

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

tone

sample sentences

"the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tonal tonic tone intonate

semantic pointers

hypernym

pitch

domain of synset (topic)

linguistics

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

quality timber timbre tone

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tonal tone

semantic pointers

hypernym

sound property

domain of synset (topic)

music

hyponym

harmonic resonance color, colour, coloration, colouration nasality resonance, sonority, vibrancy, plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness shrillness, stridence, stridency register

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 63 freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

feel feeling flavor flavour look smell spirit tone

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

spirit spiritize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

feel

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

feel feel

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

look

semantic pointers

hypernym

atmosphere, ambiance, ambience

hyponym

Hollywood Zeitgeist

a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

shade tincture tint tone

sample sentences

"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tone tone

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tint

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tincture

semantic pointers

hypernym

color, colour, coloring, colouring

hyponym

mellowness richness undertone, tinge

a steady sound without overtones
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pure tone tone

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tonal

semantic pointers

hypernym

sound, auditory sensation

hyponym

harmonic

a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

musical note note tone

sample sentences

"the singer held the note too long"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tonic

semantic pointers

hypernym

musical notation

member holonym

scale, musical scale

hyponym

the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
<noun.attribute>

tone

sample sentences

"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"

semantic pointers

hypernym

quality