Overtone

Noun

 * 1)  A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic
 * 2) An implicit meaning, as opposed to a hidden meaning or undertone.

Adjectives for Overtone
attendant; objectionable; pathetic; brisk.

Thesaurus
AF, affective meaning, air, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, assumption, atmosphere, audio frequency, aura, bearing, climate, coloration, coloring, connotation, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, feel, feeling, flageolet tone, force, frequency, fundamental, fundamental tone, gist, grammatical meaning, harmonic, harmonic tone, hint, idea, impact, implication, implied meaning, import, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intension, intimation, intonation, ironic suggestion, lexical meaning, literal meaning, meaning, metaphorical sense, milieu, monotone, monotony, note, nuance, occult meaning, partial, partial tone, pertinence, pitch, pith, point, practical consequence, presumption, presupposition, purport, quality, range of meaning, real meaning, reference, referent, relation, relevance, scope, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, structural meaning, subsense, subsidiary sense, substance, suggestion, sum, sum and substance, supposition, symbolic meaning, symbolism, tenor, tinge, tone, tonelessness, totality of associations, touch, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, value

Etymology
over + tone, from Oberton.

Translations

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