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Detailed Synonyms for drone in English

drone:

to drone verbe (drones, droned, droning)

  1. to drone
    to whimper; to drone; to whine
    • whimper verbe (whimpers, whimpered, whimpering)
    • drone verbe (drones, droned, droning)
    • whine verbe (whines, whined, whining)
  2. to drone
    – talk in a monotonous voice 1
    to drone; to drone on
    – talk in a monotonous voice 1
    • drone verbe (drones, droned, droning)
    • drone on verbe (drones on, droned on, droning on)
  3. to drone
    – make a monotonous low dull sound 1
    to drone
    – make a monotonous low dull sound 1
    • drone verbe (drones, droned, droning)
      • The harmonium was droning on1

Conjugations for drone:

present
  1. drone
  2. drone
  3. drones
  4. drone
  5. drone
  6. drone
simple past
  1. droned
  2. droned
  3. droned
  4. droned
  5. droned
  6. droned
present perfect
  1. have droned
  2. have droned
  3. has droned
  4. have droned
  5. have droned
  6. have droned
past continuous
  1. was droning
  2. were droning
  3. was droning
  4. were droning
  5. were droning
  6. were droning
future
  1. shall drone
  2. will drone
  3. will drone
  4. shall drone
  5. will drone
  6. will drone
continuous present
  1. am droning
  2. are droning
  3. is droning
  4. are droning
  5. are droning
  6. are droning
subjunctive
  1. be droned
  2. be droned
  3. be droned
  4. be droned
  5. be droned
  6. be droned
diverse
  1. drone!
  2. let's drone!
  3. droned
  4. droning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

drone [the ~] nom

  1. the drone
    the drone; the din
  2. the drone
    the drone
  3. the drone
    – stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen 1
    the drone
    – stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen 1
  4. the drone
    – a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone 1
    the drone; the bourdon; the drone pipe
    – a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone 1
  5. the drone
    – an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control 1
    the drone; the radio-controlled aircraft; the pilotless aircraft
    – an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control 1
  6. the drone
    – an unchanging intonation 1
    the drone; the droning; the monotone
    – an unchanging intonation 1
  7. the drone
    – someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 1
    the poke; the trailer; the drone; the laggard; the dawdler; the lagger
    – someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 1

Related Words for "drone":

  • droning, drones

Alternate Synonyms for "drone":


Related Definitions for "drone":

  1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen1
  2. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone1
  3. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control1
  4. an unchanging intonation1
  5. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind1
  6. talk in a monotonous voice1
  7. make a monotonous low dull sound1
    • The harmonium was droning on1

Related Synonyms for drone