monotone

/mˈɑnətˌoʊn/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
   “the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

noun

1. an unchanging intonation
2. a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Synonyms for monotone

• monotonic
• decreasing monotonic
• increasing monotonic
• flat
• monotonous
• unmodulated
• drone
• droning

Words that rhyme with monotone

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