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 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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How to use drone in a sentence?

1. Democracies Behnam Ben Taleblu:

   Be it drone sales or sanctions busting, Washington needs to expose and sanction the connective nodes between Tehran and Moscow.

2. Wojciech Komorniczak:

   The innovative feature of our solution is that this drone can first identify the target and make sure that it is in fact the enemy our opponent, so that we don't strike innocent people.

3. Mohammed Ali Abdallah:

   Only the Russians have that ability - and they were operating where it happened, it's our understanding that Haftar was asked by his Russian partners to claim responsibility, despite not having the capability or equipment to shoot down a US drone.

4. Paul Huang:

   ( China) doesn't really see a problem as of yet, which I think they should, because this could lead to escalation that they didn't want. If they want to be in control, they better control these civilian drone operators first.

5. Tom Fuentes:

   With a conceal and carry permit, you are responsible for that firearm. With a drone, it's out of your control and someone could get their hands on it -- that's extremely dangerous.