drone

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	bee,
definition	:	any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (noun.animal)

2. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	pipe,
definition	:	a tubular wind instrument (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	bagpipe,
definition	:	a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone (noun.artifact)

3. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	heavier-than-air craft,
definition	:	a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it (noun.artifact)

4. an unchanging intonation (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	intonation, modulation, pitch contour,
definition	:	rise and fall of the voice pitch (noun.communication)

5. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (noun.person)

hypernym	:	bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer,
definition	:	person who does no work (noun.person)

hyponym	:	lingerer, loiterer,
definition	:	someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place (noun.person)

hyponym	:	plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud,
definition	:	someone who moves slowly (noun.person)

hyponym	:	potterer, putterer,
definition	:	a person who putters about (noun.person)

hyponym	:	straggler, strayer,
definition	:	someone who strays or falls behind (noun.person)

6. talk in a monotonous voice (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize,
definition	:	express in speech (verb.communication)

7. make a monotonous low dull sound (verb.perception)

hypernym	:	go, sound,
definition	:	make a certain noise or sound (verb.perception)

8. an unchanging intonation (noun.communication)

derivation	:	drone, drone on,
definition	:	talk in a monotonous voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	drone,
definition	:	make a monotonous low dull sound (verb.perception)

derivation	:	flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous,
definition	:	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch (adj.all)

9. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (noun.person)

derivation	:	dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag,
definition	:	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dally, dawdle,
definition	:	waste time (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dawdle, linger,
definition	:	take one's time; proceed slowly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail,
definition	:	to lag or linger behind (verb.motion)

derivation	:	shack, trail,
definition	:	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky,
definition	:	wasting time (adj.all)

10. talk in a monotonous voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	drone, droning, monotone, drone, droning, monotone,
definition	:	an unchanging intonation (noun.communication)

11. an unchanging intonation (noun.communication)

derivation	:	drone, drone on,
definition	:	talk in a monotonous voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	drone,
definition	:	make a monotonous low dull sound (verb.perception)

derivation	:	flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous,
definition	:	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch (adj.all)

12. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (noun.person)

derivation	:	dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag,
definition	:	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dally, dawdle,
definition	:	waste time (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dawdle, linger,
definition	:	take one's time; proceed slowly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail,
definition	:	to lag or linger behind (verb.motion)

derivation	:	shack, trail,
definition	:	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky,
definition	:	wasting time (adj.all)

13. talk in a monotonous voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	drone, droning, monotone, drone, droning, monotone,
definition	:	an unchanging intonation (noun.communication)