UNDERTONES Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

undertones

noun

plural of undertone

as in rumors

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as in overtones

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Noun

There were anxious whispers behind the scenes ahead of the Bake Club July recipe reveal.

— Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra also makes the drastic decision of relieving Mysaria of her duties as master of whispers and banishing her from King’s Landing.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of whispers

Noun

Meanwhile, Chanel’s creative director Matthieu Blazy has been playing with color in his two-toned shoe designs, incorporating hues including gold, bright red, burgundy and mint green.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
The four new guest suites are each unique, and designed to embrace Nantucket’s coastal landscape with soft blues and greens layered with warm woods, brick hues, and brass accents.

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of hues

Noun

The inn will soon open a restaurant, Viola’s Bar and Bistro (named after Baker’s grandmother), serving French cuisine with Southern tinges on the vintage servingware Baker collected.

— Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
The tinges of regret over What Might Have Been for him tremble just beneath his and the movie’s surface.

— Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026

Definition of tinges

Noun

As sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the lunar surface, blue light is scattered away while red wavelengths continue onward, bathing the moon in pinkish, copper and crimson tones.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
All muted metallics, but spanning blue, yellow, orange, green, and classic silver tones.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of tones

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