Synonyms: shade, tincture, tint, tone
Definition: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Usage: after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
Similar words: color, coloring, colour, colouring
Definition: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Usage: a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Synonyms: tone
Definition: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
Usage: the Beijing dialect uses four tones
Similar words: pitch
Definition: the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
Synonyms: quality, timber, timbre, tone
Definition: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Usage: the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely; the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Similar words: sound property
Definition: an attribute of sound
Synonyms: tone
Definition: the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Usage: 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
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Definition: a steady sound without overtones
Usage: they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies
Similar words: auditory sensation, sound
Definition: the subjective sensation of hearing something
Usage: he strained to hear the faint sounds
Synonyms: step, tone, whole step, whole tone
Definition: a musical interval of two semitones
Similar words: musical interval, interval
Definition: the difference in pitch between two notes
Synonyms: musical note, note, tone
Definition: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
Usage: the singer held the note too long
Similar words: musical notation
Definition: (music) notation used by musicians
Synonyms: tone, tone of voice
Definition: the quality of a person's voice
Usage: he began in a conversational tone; he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
Similar words: manner of speaking, delivery, speech
Definition: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Usage: his manner of speaking was quite abrupt; her speech was barren of southernisms; I detected a slight accent in his speech
Synonyms: look, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, tone, smell, spirit
Definition: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Usage: the feel of the city excited him; a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting; it had the smell of treason
Similar words: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
Definition: a particular environment or surrounding influence
Usage: there was an atmosphere of excitement
Synonyms: tone, tonicity, tonus
Definition: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Usage: the doctor tested my tonicity
Similar words: tenseness, tension, tensity, tautness
Definition: the physical condition of being stretched or strained
Usage: it places great tension on the leg muscles; he could feel the tenseness of her body
Synonyms: tone, tone up, strengthen
Definition: give a healthy elasticity to
Usage: Let's tone our muscles
Similar words: work out, exercise
Definition: do physical exercise
Usage: She works out in the gym every day
Synonyms: tone
Definition: change to a color image
Usage: tone a photographic image
Similar words: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Definition: add color to
Usage: The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film
Synonyms: tone
Definition: change the color or tone of
Usage: tone a negative
Similar words: color, colour, discolor, discolour
Definition: change color, often in an undesired manner
Usage: The shirts discolored
Synonyms: tone, inflect, modulate
Definition: vary the pitch of one's speech
Similar words: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Definition: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Usage: The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
Similar words: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize