Overview of noun monotone

The noun monotone has 2 senses

• monotone, drone, droning -- (an unchanging intonation)


• monotone -- (a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts))

Overview of adj monotone

The adj monotone has 2 senses

• monotonic, monotone -- (of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value)


• flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous -- (sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting")