Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drone

5 senses of drone

Sense 1
drone -- (stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen)
       => bee -- (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)

Sense 2
monotone, drone, droning -- (an unchanging intonation)
       => intonation, modulation, pitch contour -- (rise and fall of the voice pitch)

Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke -- (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
       => idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum -- (person who does no work; "a lazy bum")

Sense 4
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft -- (an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)
       => heavier-than-air craft -- (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon -- (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
       => pipe -- (a tubular wind instrument)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drone

2 senses of drone

Sense 1
drone -- (make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 2
drone, drone on -- (talk in a monotonous voice)
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")