Synonyms for tune
tun, tyuntune

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tune

   Synonyms:
   strain, melody, air

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrasenoun

   a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

   "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

   Synonyms:
   aviation, personal credit line, cable, business, billet, stemma, tenor, stress, variant, ancestry, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, pains, seam, breeze, bloodline, melodic phrase, air travel, demarcation, course, crease, melodic line, air, zephyr, short letter, nervous strain, line of products, job, assembly line, contrast, nisus, aura, product line, straining, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, rail line, personal line of credit, form, melody, song, mental strain, strain, dividing line, transmission line, breed, airwave, line of descent, argumentation, channel, logical argument, phone line, furrow, atmosphere, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, gentle wind, tonal pattern, occupation, line of business, var., pedigree, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, striving, subscriber line, origin, communication channel, telephone line, credit line, production line, line of reasoning, note, argument

   Antonyms:
   untune

2. tunenoun

   the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch

   "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"

   Synonyms:
   melodic phrase, melodic line, line, strain, air, melody

   Antonyms:
   untune

3. tuneverb

   the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

   Synonyms:
   melodic phrase, melodic line, line, strain, air, melody

   Antonyms:
   untune

4. tune, tune upverb

   adjust for (better) functioning

   "tune the engine"

   Synonyms:
   tune up

   Antonyms:
   untune

5. tune, tune upverb

   adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)

   "My piano needs to be tuned"

   Synonyms:
   tune up

   Antonyms:
   untune

Matched Categories

1. • Adjust
   • Music
   • Pitch

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tunenoun

   Synonyms:
   air, melody, strain, movement

2. tunenoun

   Synonyms:
   concord, harmony

3. tuneverb

   Synonyms:
   harmonize, accord, modulate, attune, put in tune

4. tuneverb

   Synonyms:
   sing

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tunenoun

   Synonyms:
   air, melody, order, harmony, unison, concord, accord

2. tuneverb

   Synonyms:
   attune, modulate, harmonize

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "tune":

   melody, song, adjust, height, harmony, air, amount, line, tuning

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How to use tune in a sentence?

1. Eric Butterworth:

   While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite.

2. Carl Reiner:

   If you have to tune that out, you have to tune everything out. It means you don't care anymore.

3. Woody Allen:

   It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

4. Buck Sexton:

   Good Morning America, you can tune in at Noon, and listen to reality and tune into Limbaugh-foundational principles.

5. Anonymous:

   A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.