drone

/dɹˈoʊn/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2. an unchanging intonation
3. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
4. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
5. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

verb

1. make a monotonous low dull sound
   “The harmonium was droning on”
2. talk in a monotonous voice

Synonyms for drone

• monotone
• droning
• dawdler
• laggard
• lagger
• trailer
• poke
• pilotless aircraft
• radio-controlled aircraft
• drone pipe
• bourdon
• drone on

Words that rhyme with drone

• stone
• tone
• unknown
• alone
• bone
• zone
• backbone
• cone
• throne
• baritone
• clone
• monotone
• phone
• cornerstone
• hone
• intone
• loan
• lone
• millstone
• roan
• telephone
• undertone
• anemone
• atone
• blown
• brownstone
• capstone
• chaperone
• cherrystone
• cobblestone