Drone

/dɹəʊn/

Synonyms for "drone" (307 found)

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Closest matches (62)

accompaniment airplane alliteration alto array articulation assonance bagpipe bagpipes bank baritone bassbasso continuobasso ostinatobassus bee beggar birr blubber bombilate

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bombinate boom bourdon bum bumble bumblebee bummer burden burr buzz cadger canto cantuscantus figuratuscantus planuscatena catenation chainchain reactionchaining chanterchest voicechimeclockwork regularitycoloratura concatenation connection consecution constancycontinue the samecontinuo continuum contralto

Adjective(1 words)

ambient hum

Noun(8 words)

automatons babbles bores bourdon buzz buzzes buzzing chug

Strong matches (92)

cornemusecoupon clipperscourse cycledaily rounddawdle dawdler delay descant descent diddle dingdong doodlesackdrag alongdrag ondrone bassdroningendless beltendless roundeven pace

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even tenorfalsettofigured bassfile filiationflywheel effectfoot-dragger freeloader gabble gamut gibber gibbering goldbrickgoof offgoof-off gradationground bassharpinghead voicehoneybee hornet hum humdrum idleidle richindian fileinvariability jabber jibber jingle jingle-jangle laggard lallygag lazeleisure classlie-abed line lineage lingerer loaf loiter loiterer loll loungelounge lizardlumpen proletariatmaunder maundering mendicant

Noun(17 words)

dawdlerdrone beedrone pipedroning fly gabgerman summehum humming hums idler idlers laggard lagger loafer loungermale bee

Verb(5 words)

drawled drawlingdrone ondroned hummed

Adjective(1 words)

flat voice

Related words (153)

monologue monotone monotonousness monotony moocher mouth mouthing mumble mumbling murmur murmuring musette mutter mutteringnear rhymenexus nonworker orderliness panhandler parasite

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part pendulum periodicity persist pipespitter patterpitter-patterplain chantplain songplenum plodderpowder trainprevailprick songprocrastinator progression purr queenqueen beequeue range rank recurrence regularity rentiersrepeated soundsrepetitiousness repetitiveness reticulation rhyme rotation round routine row runrun throughsameliness sameness scale sequence seriessingle filesingsongslant rhymesleepyheadslow goerslow-foot slowbelly slowpoke slug sluggard smoothness snail sob soprano sordellinaspeak incoherentlyspectrum spiv splutter sponger sputterstale repetitionstick-in-the-mudstring strum succession susurrate susurration swath tedium tenorthe unemployablethe unemployedthorough bassthread thrum tier tortoise train treadmill treble trot undersong undeviation undifferentiation unemployedunion pipesunnecessary repetitionunvariation vocevoce di pettovoce di testavoicevoice partwasp whir whisper whispering whiz windrow workeryellow jacket

Noun(27 words)

monotone monotones mumble murmurs pilotpilotless aircraftpoke purrsradio-controlled aircraftramble rambles robots rumble slacker thrumming thrums trailer uavuncrewed aircraftunmanned aircraft

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whine whining whirr whirring whirrs whirs zombie

Adjective(1 words)

repetitive noise

Verb(2 words)

snored warbled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

29 entries

aircraftaircraft operationbee bum do-nothing goheavier-than-air crafthuman idler insect intonation layabout loafer modulation mouth noise

Showing 16 of 29 words.

More specific

15 entries

UAV operationair conditioner humaircraft humcombat dronedelivery dronedrone pilotingengine humgenerator humloafermating dronemonotone lectureneer-do-wellquadrotor slackertedious monologue

Collocations

10 entries

drone flightdrone footagedrone noisedrone operationdrone operatordrone strikedrone swarmdrone technologyremote pilotingunmanned aircraft

Inflections

3 entries

droned drones droning

Derivations

1 entries

drone-like

Translations

8 translations across 6 languages.

Finnish

1 entries

työläinen noun (drudge)

French

2 entries

dupe noun (drudge)
idiot utile noun (drudge)

Indonesian

1 entries

dengung noun (drudge)

Italian

2 entries

gonzo noun (drudge)
zimbello noun (drudge)

Spanish

1 entries

timado noun (drudge)

Turkish

1 entries

köle noun (drudge)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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Long story short, she’s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.

Source: tatoeba (2444468)

Tom bought a drone.

Source: tatoeba (4880021)

Tom lost his drone.

Source: tatoeba (4880022)

Tom wants to buy a drone.

Source: tatoeba (4880023)

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