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

3 senses of intone

Sense 1
tone, chant, intone -- (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again")
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")

Sense 2
chant, intone, intonate, cantillate -- (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer")
       => sing -- (produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well")

Sense 3
intonate, intone -- (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness")
       => pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")

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