'overtone' definitions:
Definition of 'overtone'
(from WordNet)
noun
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"
noun
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency [syn: overtone, partial, partial tone]
Synonyms of 'overtone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AF,
- affective meaning,
- air,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- arcane meaning,
- assumption,
- atmosphere,
- audio frequency,
- aura,
- bearing,
- climate,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- denotation,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- extension,
- feel,
- feeling,
- flageolet tone,
- force,
- frequency,
- fundamental,
- fundamental tone,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- harmonic,
- harmonic tone,
- hint,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- indication,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intension,
- intimation,
- intonation,
- ironic suggestion,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- meaning,
- metaphorical sense,
- milieu,
- monotone,
- monotony,
- note,
- nuance,
- occult meaning,
- partial,
- partial tone,
- pertinence,
- pitch,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- purport,
- quality,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- structural meaning,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- substance,
- suggestion,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- supposition,
- symbolic meaning,
- symbolism,
- tenor,
- tinge,
- tone,
- tonelessness,
- totality of associations,
- touch,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- value