drone - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

Synonyms

• drone

More generic

• bee

Noun

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Synonyms

• bourdon
• drone
• drone pipe

More generic

• pipe

Related

• bagpipe

Noun

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

Synonyms

• drone
• pilotless aircraft
• radio-controlled aircraft

More generic

• heavier-than-air craft

Noun

an unchanging intonation

Synonyms

• drone
• droning
• monotone

More generic

• intonation
• modulation
• pitch contour

Noun

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Synonyms

• dawdler
• drone
• laggard
• lagger
• poke
• trailer

More generic

• bum
• do-nothing
• idler
• layabout
• loafer

More specific

• lingerer
• loiterer
• plodder
• potterer
• putterer
• slowcoach
• slowpoke
• stick-in-the-mud
• straggler
• strayer

Verb

talk in a monotonous voice

Synonyms

• drone
• drone on

More generic

• mouth
• speak
• talk
• utter
• verbalise
• verbalize

Verb

make a monotonous low dull sound

Synonyms

• drone

More generic

• go
• sound

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