tone

n

1. sound, noise, note, voice, sonance; pitch, frequency.

2. timbre, tonality, tone color, tone quality, sound quality, color, coloring, Music. clang color or tint, Music, Ger. Klangfarbe; ring, clang, resonance; sonority, sonorousness, richness, fullness, deepness; tonelessness, monotone.

3. strain, lilt, tune, jingle, flow, harmonious flow, rhythmic flow, movement, swing, speech tune or melody.

4. intonation, modulation, inflection, phrasing, suspension; pitch, pitch accent, pitch pattern, intonation pattern or contour; voice quality, voice, tone of voice; elocution, diction, speech pattern, manner of speaking, mode of expression; cadence, beat, rhythm, tempo, pulse, throb.

5. regional accent, foreign accent, dialect, regional dialect, Brit. Received Standard or public school accent; drawl, twang, burr, brogue, broad accent or speech.

6. accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, syllable stress; delivery, presentation, attack, force of utterance.

7. hue, tint, shade, tinge; value, chroma, color quality, purity; prevailing color, coloring, color, key, dye, cast, complexion; saturation; variety of color.

8.Physiology.a. tension, firmness, soundness, sturdiness.b. health, healthiness, vigor, vigorousness; vitality, energy, fitness, strength.c. elasticity, resilience, resiliency, healthy sensitivity.

9. spirit, character, mood, tenor, quality; humor, disposition, frame or state of mind, temperament, temper; frame, mold, grain, vein, stripe, streak, stamp, brand; state, condition, trim, fiber, fettle, kilter.

10. mode, manner, way, wise, technique, approach, method, system; style, fashion, form; shape, turn, habit, tendency.

11. ethos, climate, intellectual or spiritual climate, trend or sign of the times, spirit of the age or times, Ger. Zeitgeist; trend, set, course, current, main current, mainstream, drift, general tendency or drift; line, direction, swing, bearing, course of events, way the wind blows, way things go; (all of a place) atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, climate, milieu, feel, feeling, sense.

12. style, distinction, elegance, Inf. class; appearance, mein, demeanor, guise; carriage, poise, presence.

v

13. sound, chime, ring, peal, knell, toll, tintin-nabulate; gong, ding, dong, dingdong; clang, clank.

14. change, modify, alter, vary, diversify; adapt, accommodate, fit, accord, adjust, regulate, qualify.

15. tone down

a.Painting. subdue, darken, shade, shadow, overshadow, dim; pale, whiten, fade, wash out; bleach, blanch, decolorize, achromatize, etiolate.b. moderate, temper, season, restrain, constrain, keep within bounds; relax, mitigate, alleviate, assuage, palliate, let up, take the edge off, take the bite or string out, Sl. take the heat off, Sl. lay off; modulate, soften, quiet, turn or tune down, cut down; mute, deaden, damp, dampen, soft-pedal.

16. tone up

a. furbish, freshen, freshen up, vamp, retouch, touch up, brush up, spruce, spruce up, brighten up; polish, polish up, Inf. shine or shine up.b. tune, tune up, attune, put in tune or trim or shape or working order; limber, limber up, Inf. shape up, get into shape or condition.