What does "tonal" mean?

An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.

What is a synonym for "tonal"?

Common synonyms include: tonic, accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental.

//ˈtoʊnəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
"When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it."

Adjective

1
Of or relating to tones or tonality.
2
Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
"The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people."
3
Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
4
Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).

Adjective

1
having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic wordnet
2
employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words wordnet