Synonyms for tune
tun, tyuntune

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

1. tune

   Synonyms:
   strain, melody, air

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "tune":

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

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1. Jon Stewart:

   It's all about the fight. He's able to tune out everything else and get people just focused on the fight and he's going to win that fight.

2. Jeb Bush:

   So I think having a society that is much more in tune with the people that are kind of on the margins of society would be a better solution than imposing more gun restrictions. and it doesn't necessarily solve the problems of these isolated sad, tragic cases.

3. Paul Mumford:

   StanChart and HSBC might well be firing warning shots on their possible relocation to ... tell politicians they won't be bullied, but I think unless these firms start feeling that some politicians are in tune with what they offer the UK, then we might see genuine action ... the threat is there.

4. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn:

   It's always important for candidates, in my experience, to be in tune with your state and not necessarily what's happening in Washington.

5. Ezra Pound:

   There once was a brainy baboon who always breathed down a bassoon for he said, It appears that in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.