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tune - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | tune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody, harmony |
| Synonyms: | air, aria, carol, chorus, composition, concert, consonance, descant, ditty*, harmony, jingle, lay, measure, motif, number, piece, song, strain, theme, warble, diapason, melodia |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, consonance, euphony, harmony, pitch, sympathy, unison, concordance |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | tune/tune up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into harmony |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, conform, coordinate, dial, fix, harmonize, integrate, modulate, pitch, proportion, reconcile, regulate, set, string, tighten |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, harm, hurt |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, acclimatize, make agree |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of song |
| Synonyms: | carol, croon, hymn, incantation, intonation, lilt, melody, psalm, shout, singing, song, trill, tune, warble, mantra |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing simple song or song part |
| Synonyms: | carol, chorus, croon, descant, drone, intone, recite, shout, tune, vocalize, warble, cantillate, doxologize |
| Main Entry: | consonance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, consistency |
| Synonyms: | accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, conformity, congruity, correspondence, harmony, tune, congruence, suitableness |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, discord, dissonance, incompatibility, incongruity, nonconformity, incongruence |
| Main Entry: | ditty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | song |
| Synonyms: | ballad, composition, jingle, tune |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harmonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correspond, match |
| Synonyms: | accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, blend, carol, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, relate, set, sing, suit, synthesize, tune, unify, unite, be in unison, be of one mind, chime with, fit in with, reconciliate, symphonize |
| Antonyms: | clash, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | integrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix, merge |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, amalgamate, arrange, articulate, assimilate, associate, attune, blend, coalesce, combine, compact, concentrate, conform, consolidate, coordinate, desegregate, embody, fuse, get together, harmonize, incorporate, join, knit, link, mesh, orchestrate, organize, proportion, reconcile, synthesize, systematize, tune, unify, unite, wed, come together, concatenate, conjoin, interface, intermix, meld with, reconciliate, symphonize, throw in together |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | modulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, harmonize |
| Synonyms: | attune, balance, fine-tune, regulate, restrain, revamp, switch, temper, tone, tune, tweak, vary, inflect, transmogrify |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | music |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sounds that are pleasant, harmonized |
| Synonyms: | a cappella, acoustic, air, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, piece, popular, rap, refrain, rock, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune, bebop, bop, heavy metal, opera, plainsong, ragtime, rock and roll |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | outlay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
| Synonyms: | bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, tab*, throw*, tune*, spending |
| Antonyms: | income, pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refrain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of musical piece |
| Synonyms: | burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong |
| Main Entry: | regulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, fit, fix, govern, guide, handle, improve, legislate, measure, moderate, modulate, monitor, order, oversee, readjust, reconcile, rectify, rule, run, set, settle, square, standardize, superintend, supervise, systematize, temper, time, true, tune, tune up*, methodize, pull things together, put in order, shape up, straighten up |
| Antonyms: | deregulate, disorganize, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rhyme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poetry in which lines end with like sounds |
| Synonyms: | beat, cadence, couplet, harmony, iambic pentameter, measure, meter, ode, poem, poetry, rhythm, song, tune, verse, alliteration, doggerel, half-rhyme, nursery rhyme, poesy, rune, slant rhyme, vowel-chime |
| Main Entry: | song |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody sung or played with musical instrument |
| Synonyms: | air, anthem, aria, ballad, carol, chant, chorus, ditty, expression, golden oldie, hymn, lay, lullaby, lyric, melody, number, piece, poem, psalm, refrain, rock, round, shanty, strain, tune, verse, vocal, canticle, chorale, oldie, opera, rock and roll |
| Main Entry: | tune up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harmonize |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, conform, coordinate, dial, fix, harmonize, integrate, modulate, pitch, proportion, reconcile, regulate, set, string, tighten, tune |
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