His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.
Source: tatoeba (1999)
Tone
//toʊn//
Synonyms for "tone" (540 found)
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Closest matches (108)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (162)
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Related words (270)
methodmethodologymethodsmienmilieumindminimmodemode of expressionmode of operationmode of proceduremoderatemodifymodulatemodulationmodus operandimodus vivendimoldmonotonemonotony
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moodmoralemotifmotionmotionsmouldmouldermouldymovemovementmovementsmovesmunsell chromamusclemuscularitymusculaturemusical notemusical qualitymusical soundmusicalitymutemythosnaturalnatural colornatureneutral colornew philharmonic pitchobservable behavioroctaveodororderovertonepaintpainterlinesspallorparallel octavespargetpartialpartial tonepatent notepatternperipeteiaperspectivepersuadephilharmonic pitchphilosophical pitchphrasingphysiquepigmentpitchpitch accentplanplotpoiseportposeposturepracticepraxispredisposepresenceprimeprocedureproceedingprocesspromptpropertypurityqualityquarter notequaverquietenreboundrecognitionreduceregisterreinvigoratereportresilienceresiliencyresonanceresponding noteresponsivenessrevitalizerichnessrising actionroutinerunsaturationschemesecondsecondary plotsemibrevesemiquaversemitonesensesetseventhshadingshadowshapeshaped notesharpshellacsinewsinewinesssinewssixteenth notesixthsixty-fourth noteskin colorslantslop on paintsmearsnapsocial sciencesoft-pedalsoftensoften upsomatotypesonoritysonorousnesssortsoundspeech tunespiccatospiritsspringspringinessstaccatostainstampstandard pitchstate of mindstepstipplestorystrainstreakstreamstressstretchstretchabilitystretchinessstripestructurestylesubduesubjectsubplotsuchnesssuprasegmentalsustained noteswaysweetnessswingswitchsystemtacktacticstechniquetempertemperamenttendencytenortercetthe drillthe general tendencythe howthe main coursethe way ofthematic developmentthemethewthewinessthewsthirdthirty-second notetime spirittincttincturetingetinttonalitytone colortone downtone of voicetone qualitytone uptonelessnesstonustopictreatmenttrendtriplettunetune uptunefulnessturntwisttypeundercoatundercolorundertoneunison intervalvaluevaluesvarnishveinvocevoicevoice qualifiervoice qualityvoluntary musclewarm colorwashwayway of lifeway of sayingwayswear downweigh withwhitewashwhole notewhole stepwhole tonewiseworkzeitgeist
Verb(4 words)
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More general
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Synonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesderived
130 entriesShowing 16 of 130 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
44 entriesShowing 16 of 44 words.
Translations
212 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τόνος noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Arabic
2 entries- نَغْم noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- نَغْمَة noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Armenian
2 entries- գուներանգ noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- տոն noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Basque
1 entries- tonu noun (interval of a major second)
Belarusian
1 entries- тон noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Bulgarian
4 entries- интонация noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- оттенък noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- тон noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- тон noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Burmese
1 entries- အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့် noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Catalan
4 entries- to noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- to noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- to noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- to noun (shade or quality of a colour)
Chinese
1 entries- 聲調 /声调 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 全音 noun (interval of a major second)
- 聲 /声 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- 聲調 /声调 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 全音 noun (interval of a major second)
- 四聲 /四声 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- 聲 /声 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- 聲調 /声调 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Czech
4 entries- tonus noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
- tón noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tón noun (interval of a major second)
- tón noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Danish
4 entries- farvetone noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- klang noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- nuance noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- spændingstilstand noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
Dutch
4 entries- hele toon noun (interval of a major second)
- noot noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- timbre noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- toon noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Esperanto
1 entries- tono noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Finnish
4 entries- jänteys noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
- kokosävel noun (interval of a major second)
- nuotti noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- sointi noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
French
3 entries- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- ton noun (interval of a major second)
- ton noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Friulian
1 entries- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Galician
2 entries- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- ton noun (interval of a major second)
Georgian
1 entries- ტონი noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
German
4 entries- Farbton noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- Klang noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- Stimmung noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- Ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Greenlandic
2 entries- nipi noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- nipi noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 聲調 /声调 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Hebrew
4 entries- טוֹן noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- טוֹן noun (interval of a major second)
- טוֹן noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- צְלִיל noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Hindi
1 entries- लहजा noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Hungarian
1 entries- tónus noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Indonesian
1 entries- nada noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Irish
4 entries- cuma noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- glór noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- ton noun (interval of a major second)
Italian
1 entries- tono noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Japanese
3 entries- トーン noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- トーン noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- 声調 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Khmer
1 entries- សូរ noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Korean
1 entries- 성조 noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Lao
2 entries- ວັນນະຍຸດ noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- ສຽງ noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Latvian
4 entries- intonācija noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- tonis noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tonis noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- tonis noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Lithuanian
4 entries- atspalvis noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- tonas noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tonas noun (interval of a major second)
- tonas noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
Macedonian
1 entries- тон noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Malagasy
4 entries- feo noun (recitational melody)
- haabom-peo noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- hery noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
- nôty noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Malay
3 entries- nada noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- ton noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- tona noun (shade or quality of a colour)
Māori
3 entries- hā noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- waetahi noun (interval of a major second)
- waihoe noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
Navajo
4 entries- nádei noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- náyaa noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- wódahí noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- zhítsʼóóz noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Norwegian
1 entries- tone noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سس noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Persian
3 entries- تن noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- لحن noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- پرده noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Polish
4 entries- barwa noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- brzmienie noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- odcień noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Portuguese
4 entries- tom noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tom noun (interval of a major second)
- tom noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- tom noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Punjabi
2 entries- سر noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- ਸੁਰ noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Russian
4 entries- интона́ция noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- отте́нок noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- то́нус noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
- тон noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तान noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ton noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- тон noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Slovak
1 entries- tón noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Slovene
1 entries- ton noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Spanish
4 entries- tono noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tono noun (interval of a major second)
- tono noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- tono noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Swedish
4 entries- helton noun (interval of a major second)
- klang noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- nyans noun (shade or quality of a colour)
- ton noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
Tagalog
2 entries- tono noun (specific pitch, quality and duration; a note)
- tono noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
Thai
2 entries- น้ำเสียง noun (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- วรรณยุกต์ noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Ukrainian
2 entries- то́нус noun (firmness of a muscle or organ)
- тон noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Vietnamese
4 entries- giọng noun (character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice)
- giọng noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
- nốt noun (interval of a major second)
- sắc noun (shade or quality of a colour)
Welsh
1 entries- tôn noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Yiddish
1 entries- טאָן noun (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
There was a sudden change in her tone.
Source: tatoeba (19618)
The article's tone was one of pessimism.
Source: tatoeba (20207)
You don't have to use such a harsh tone with me.
Source: tatoeba (41554)
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