"drone" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen (synset 102209831)
is a type of: bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
An unchanging intonation (synset 107098752)
is a type of: intonation, modulation, pitch contour - rise and fall of the voice pitch

same as: droning, monotone
Someone who takes more time than necessary;
Someone who lags behind (synset 110012790)
is a type of: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer - person who does no work
subtypes:
- lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
- plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud - someone who moves slowly
- potterer, putterer - a person who putters about
- straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
same as: dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer
An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control (synset 103250592)
is a type of: heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it

same as: pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone (synset 103250427)
is a type of: pipe - a tubular wind instrument

is a part of: bagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone

same as: bourdon, drone pipe

Verb

Make a monotonous low dull sound (synset 202192888)
"The harmonium was droning on"

is a type of: go, sound - make a certain noise or sound
Talk in a monotonous voice (synset 200946820)
is a type of: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech

same as: drone on