UNDERTONES Synonyms

• (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

• (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

• a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

• passing reference or indirect mention

• a particular environment or surrounding influence

• a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

• the mass of air surrounding the Earth

• the weather or climate at some place

• the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

• a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

• what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

• an idea that is implied or suggested

• an indirect suggestion

• a slight indication

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a just detectable amount

• an indication of potential opportunity

• drop a hint; intimate by a hint

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

• an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

• a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

• a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

• an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

• the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

• a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

• (authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

• an idea that is suggested

• a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

• a just detectable amount

• persuasion formulated as a suggestion

• the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

• a current below the surface of a fluid

• reduce the emphasis

• represent as less significant or important

• understate the importance or quality of

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a pale or subdued color

• affect as in thought or feeling

• color lightly

• a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

• a current below the surface of a fluid