Synonyms for DRONE
droʊndrone

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1. dronenoun

   stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

   Synonyms:
   bourdon, trailer, poke, droning, dawdler, monotone, pilotless aircraft, drone pipe, lagger, laggard, radio-controlled aircraft

2. monotone, drone, droningnoun

   an unchanging intonation

   Synonyms:
   bourdon, trailer, poke, droning, dawdler, monotone, pilotless aircraft, drone, drone pipe, lagger, laggard, radio-controlled aircraft

3. dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, pokenoun

   someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

   Synonyms:
   bourdon, monotone, punch, prevue, pigeon berry, house trailer, garget, scoke, sack, thrust, carrier bag, clout, slug, dawdler, lick, drone pipe, paper bag, pilotless aircraft, biff, lagger, thrusting, droning, jab, drone, trailer, radio-controlled aircraft, laggard, poke, jabbing, poking, preview

4. drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraftnoun

   an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

   Synonyms:
   bourdon, trailer, poke, droning, dawdler, monotone, pilotless aircraft, drone, drone pipe, lagger, laggard, radio-controlled aircraft

5. drone, drone pipe, bourdonverb

   a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

   Synonyms:
   bourdon, trailer, poke, droning, dawdler, monotone, pilotless aircraft, drone, drone pipe, lagger, laggard, radio-controlled aircraft

6. droneverb

   make a monotonous low dull sound

   "The harmonium was droning on"

   Synonyms:
   drone on

7. drone, drone onverb

   talk in a monotonous voice

   Synonyms:
   drone, drone on

Matched Categories

1. • Bee
   • Heavier-than-air Craft
   • Idler
   • Intonation
   • Sound

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1. dronenoun

   Synonyms:
   male honey-bee

2. dronenoun

   Synonyms:
   idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow

3. dronenoun

   Synonyms:
   humming, humming noise

4. droneverb

   Synonyms:
   lounge, dawdle, waste time in trifles, live in idleness

5. droneverb

   Synonyms:
   make a dull, humming sound

6. droneverb

   Synonyms:
   read monotonously

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1. dronenoun

   Synonyms:
   sluggard, idler, lounger

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1. List of paraphrases for "drone":

   uav, drown, ucav, robot

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1. List of known nicknames for "Drone":

   Cassidy Phillips, DRONE

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1. Josh Haner:

   I flew a drone above the island showing just how precarious its location is : Homes clinging to the edge of an eroding coastline as unrelenting waves chisel away at what remains, after I saw what was happening on Ejit, I realized that climate change is not something nebulous that will only start affecting us in the future, but rather something happening right now. Residents are being forced to make the most difficult decision : Do they stay and build sea walls to buy some more time, or do they relocate ?

2. Dan Elwell:

   To be engaged in one new entrant piece, which is drones, on almost a daily basis, tells you how much attention is being paid to drone space.

3. Joseph Scalea:

   Organ transport is an ideal initial use for civilian drone flights, i think the FAA would appreciate a program like the one I am suggesting.

4. Chris Lincoln-Jones:

   This particular drone that we’ve been looking at would be much more effective if it had a decent camera in it.

5. Tom Fuentes:

   Do we want drones out of control that could land who knows here? We could have a child pick up the drone, pick up the gun, and accidentally kill themselves. I see the whole thing as reckless conduct.