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Another word for tune

Noun

  1. A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds

    3. See also:

    beautiful

  3. Harmonious mutual understanding

    4. Idioms:
    See also:

    agree

Another word for tune

Verb

  1. To utter words or sounds in musical tones

    2. See also:

    sounds

  2. To bring into accord

    3. See also:

    agree

  3. To alter for proper functioning.

    4. See also:

    help

    change

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Idioms:

    call the tune

    2. change-one-s-tune

    3. sing a different tune

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Sentence Examples

  • She was humming a tune I didn't recognize.

  • Even at this hour a piano was pounding out a raucous tune in one of the three saloons.

  • Singing a different tune now, are we?

  • The tune was haunting and yet somehow soothing.

  • If, the two pipes are slightly out of tune when sounded separately together they sound a common note which may be higher than that due to either alone.

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