Synonyms for "overtoning" (111 found)

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Closest matches (23)

innuendoafaffective meaningairallegoryallusionarcane meaningassociateassumptionatmosphereaudio frequencyaurabearingclimatecolorationcoloringconnotationconsequencedenotationdrift

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effectessenceextension

Strong matches (33)

feelfeelingflageolet toneforcefrequencyfundamentalfundamental tonegistgrammatical meaningharmonicharmonic tonehintideaimpactimplicationimplied meaningimportindicationinferenceinsinuation

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intensionintimationintonationironic suggestionlexical meaningliteral meaningmeaningmetaphorical sensemilieumonotonemonotonynotenuance

Related words (55)

occult meaningpartialpartial tonepertinencepitchpithpointpractical consequencepresumptionpresuppositionpurportqualityrange of meaningreal meaningreferencereferentrelationrelevancescopesemantic cluster

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semantic fieldsenseshadesignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiespan of meaningspiritstructural meaningsubsensesubsidiary sensesubstancesuggestionsumsum and substancesuppositionsymbolic meaningsymbolismtenortingetonetonelessnesstotality of associationstouchtransferred meaningunadorned meaningundercurrentundermeaningundertonevalue

Noun(4 words)

partialpartial toneundercurrentundertone

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