Synonyms for drone
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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 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, 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 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 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 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. The Russian Defense Ministry:

   The drone flew with its transponders off, violating the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime established for the special military operation, communicated to all users of international airspace, and published in accordance with international standards.

2. Robert Kirk:

   The FAA has taken the position that any regs that deal with air safety reside solely with the FAA, the trouble is going to be whenever someone comes after a drone operator and we’re moving into privacy and trespass, areas that are more traditionally in the realm of state and local authority.

3. James Peaco III:

   When the detection equipment finds the drone and identifies the operator's location, we can very rapidly get that information to a ground intercept team who can then go make contact with that drone operator and essentially get them to stop flying that drone.

4. Paul Doyle:

   It's conceivable that it is a positive resolution in an emergency, aka terrorist situation, if a terrorist is in the middle of an operation, in theory, the drone could kill him.

5. John Kasich:

   I don't believe the drone program ought to be run out of the The CIA, the CIA is The CIA. The CIA, the drone program, should be operated exclusively out of the Pentagon.