Synonyms of the word

keynote

• n. (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
• n. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
• n. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
• v. (transitive) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.

address

• n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
• n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
• n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
• n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
• n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
• n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
• n. A description of the location of a property.
• n. (by extension) The property itself.
• n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
• n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
• n. An email address.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
• v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
• v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
• v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
• v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
• v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

idea

• n. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as…
• n. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
• n. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
• n. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
• n. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
• n. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
• n. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
• n. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.

note

• n. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
• n. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
• n. (music, heading) A sound.
• n. (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
• n. (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
• n. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
• n. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
• v. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
• v. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
• v. (transitive) To denote; to designate.
• v. (transitive) To annotate.
• v. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
• v. (transitive) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of…
• n. (uncountable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary;…
• n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period…

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

speak

• v. (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
• v. (intransitive) To have a conversation.
• v. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
• v. (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
• v. (transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
• v. (transitive) To utter.
• v. (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
• v. (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
• n. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
• n. Speach, conversation.
• n. (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

theme

• n. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
• n. A recurring idea; a motif.
• n. (dated) An essay written for school.
• n. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
• n. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character,…
• n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment…
• n. (grammar) The stem of a word.
• n. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
• n. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
• n. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
• n. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
• v. (transitive) To give a theme to.
• v. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

thought

• n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
• n. (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
• n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of think.

tone

• n. (music) A specific pitch.
• n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
• n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
• n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
• n. General character, mood, or trend.
• n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
• n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
• n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
• n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
• n. The shade or quality of a colour.
• n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
• n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
• n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
• n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
• v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
• v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
• v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
• v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
• v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
• pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

tonic

• adj. (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
• adj. Restorative, curative or invigorating.
• n. A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
• n. Tonic water.
• n. (US, Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
• n. (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
• adj. (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
• adj. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
• adj. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound…
• n. (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
• n. (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
• n. (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

topic

• adj. topical.
• n. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
• n. (Internet) Discussion thread.
• n. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.