overtone

Questions about overtone

What does overtone mean?

overtone means "(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overtone?

overtone has 3 syllables: o-ver-tone. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌtoʊn/.

What is another word for overtone?

Close synonyms include partial, partial tone. 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 overtone a common word?

overtone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 overtone?

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