SUBTONIC Antonyms

• the principal theme in a speech or literary work

• a fundamental or central idea

• (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

• set the keynote of

• give the keynote address to (an audience)

• (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• take root and begin to grow

• come into existence, originate

• cheer for

• plant by the roots

• dig with the snout

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

• cause to take roots

• (music) the second note of a diatonic scale

• of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue

• employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words

• (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch

• lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

• a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

• (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

• a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

• relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale

• imparting vitality and energy

• (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale