Monotony

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Uniformity or lack of variation in pitch, intonation, or inflection.
  • n. Tedious sameness or repetitiousness: the monotony of daily routine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
  • n. The property of a monotonic function.
  • n. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
  • n. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Uniformity of tone or sound; want of inflections of voice in speaking or reading; want of cadence or modulation; monotone.
  • n. Tiresome uniformity or lack of variation in any respect; sameness; want of variety.
  • n. In mathematics:
  • n. Continual increase, or continual decrease.
  • n. Unchanging character, neither increasing nor decreasing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  • n. constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
  • Antonym
    variety   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    monotonous    monotone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    monotone    sameness    sameliness    humdrum    dreariness    drearihead    dreariment    drearihood   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    botany    neoteny    paleobotany   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    drudgery    loneliness    boredom    solitude    desolation    hardship    stillness    uniformity    toil    misery