Definition for Drone:

• [ Anglo-Saxon] The male bee.

Synonyms for Drone:

• n.

  •
  • vibration,
  • noise,
  • Air Force One,
  • airship,
  • b-52,
  • biplane,
  • aircraft,
  • airplane,
  • balloon,
  • airbus,
  • aeroplane,
  • airliner.
  •
  • boy,
  • bull,
  • alpha male,
  • Billy Goat,
  • cockerel,
  • dog,
  • boar,
  • parasite,
  • buck,
  • bullock.
  •
  • bottom feeder,
  • pink-collar,
  • workhorse.
  •bourdon (noun)
  • bourdon.
  •buzz (noun)
  • hiss,
  • ring,
  • fizzle.
  •dawdler (noun)
  • dawdler.
  •droid (noun)
  • clone.
  •drone on (noun)
  • drone on.
  •drone pipe (noun)
  • drone pipe.
  •droning (noun)
  • droning.
  •pilotless aircraft (noun)
  • pilotless aircraft.
  •radio-controlled aircraft (noun)
  • radio-controlled aircraft.
  •robot (noun)
  • DROID.
  •roll (noun)
  • drumbeat,
  • rumblings,
  • drummings,
  • echoings,
  • drumbeats,
  • rat-a-tat.
  •rumble (noun)
  • rumble,
  • chatter,
  • throb,
  • racket,
  • drum,
  • thunder,
  • rattle,
  • beat,
  • clatter,
  • grumble,
  • reverberation.
  •susurration (noun)
  • susurration.
  •susurrus (noun)
  • susurrus.
  •trailer (noun)
  • trailer.

• v.

  •buzz (verb)
  • reverberate,
  • sibilate,
  • bumble.
  •chant (verb)
  • chorus,
  • croon,
  • warble,
  • vocalize,
  • shout,
  • carol,
  • descant,
  • tune,
  • recite.
  •drawl (verb)
  • extend,
  • prolong,
  • utter,
  • drag out.
  •drone (verb)
  • strum,
  • vibrate,
  • intone.
  •hum (verb)
  • bombilating,
  • singing low,
  • sung low,
  • bombilates,
  • sings low,
  • sang low,
  • bombilated.
  •talk (verb)
  • de-scribes,
  • talk one leg off,
  • ventriloquizes,
  • flaps one's tongue,
  • talks one leg off,
  • flapping one's tongue,
  • ex-press,
  • talked one's leg off,
  • flapping tongue,
  • told all,
  • de scribe,
  • telling all,
  • re-veal,
  • flap tongue,
  • talked leg off,
  • de scribes,
  • flapped tongue,
  • flaps one tongue,
  • Ventriloquized,
  • de-scribing,
  • talking leg off,
  • de scribing,
  • Ventriloquizing,
  • ex pressing,
  • talked one leg off,
  • talking one's leg off,
  • de-scribe,
  • ex-pressing,
  • comments on,
  • ex pressed,
  • talking ones leg off,
  • commenting on,
  • talk leg off,
  • tells all,
  • flapped ones tongue,
  • flapping one tongue,
  • talking one leg off,
  • talked ones leg off,
  • flap one tongue,
  • talks one's leg off,
  • ran on,
  • re-veals,
  • talks ones leg off,
  • talks leg off,
  • talk ones leg off,
  • spill beans,
  • runs on,
  • de-scribed,
  • flapped one tongue,
  • de scribed,
  • flaps ones tongue,
  • giving voice to,
  • flapped one's tongue,
  • ex press,
  • flaps tongue,
  • flap ones tongue,
  • re veals,
  • flapping ones tongue.
  •whine (verb)
  • re pine,
  • re-pine,
  • re-pines,
  • re-pining,
  • re-pined,
  • re pined.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • clunk,
  • moan,
  • tick-tock,
  • burr,
  • slugabed,
  • Do-little,
  • whisper,
  • growl,
  • whirr,
  • background noise,
  • crackling,
  • pencil pusher,
  • putter,
  • rumbling,
  • fizz.
  •
  • flunky,
  • sigh,
  • whir,
  • whiz,
  • thud,
  • groan.
  •
  • gurgle,
  • rhythm,
  • babble.
  •
  • cluck.
  •
  • flap.
  •
  • knock.
  •
  • pitch.
  •hard worker
  • drudge.
  •hum
  • purr.

Paraphrases for Drone:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    aircraft.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    drown.
  • Proper noun, singular
    UAV.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    drown, robot, bumblebee, airliner, warplane, airplane, aeroplane, bee, UAV.

Antonyms for Drone:

• n.

  • drone
    quiet, silence, workaholic, overachiever.
  • Other antonyms:
    doer, slouch, go ahead, highflier, sluggard, achiever, loafer, self-starter, slug, comer, goldbrick, shirker, lazybones, idler.

• v.

  • drawl
    shorten, clip.
  • drone
    be quiet.

Drone Sentence Examples:

• The pistolry of the wagon whips made answer, the drone of the drivers rose as the sore - necked oxen bowed their heads again, with less strength even for the lightened loads.

• He turned sick, aching eyes upon his surroundings to prove this thing a nightmare, but the prosaic clink of a typewriter and the drone of a voice dictating quotations on Brazilian coffee were conclusive evidence to the contrary.

Homophones for Drone:

• determine, dormy, dehorn, duramen, durion, dairyman, darwinian, diorama, dream, drown, daydream, dorm, Drome, dharma, drain, diathermy, drawn, dram, dry run, darn, durian, darwin, drone on, doorman, dormie, dorian, dew worm, dirham, durum, draw rein, detrain, derain, deuteronomy, draw in, dreamy, drama, durham, dethrone, dramamine, deuterium, deuteron, dead room, Dharhan, drum, derma.

Hyponym for Drone:

• n.

  • animal
    bee.

• v.

  • perception
    sound, go.