monotone

Other forms of monotone

plural

monotones·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about monotone

What does monotone mean?

monotone means "an unchanging intonation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monotone?

monotone has 3 syllables: mo-no-tone. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɑnəˌtoʊn/.

What is another word for monotone?

Close synonyms include drone, droning, monotonic, flat, monotonic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monotone a common word?

monotone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with monotone?

8 words rhyme with monotone. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.