tonal

(a) employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
- Chinese is a tonal language
tonic,
(a) having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic

Synonyms

tonic

Antonyms

atonal unkeyed

Words of close approximity

tone tons

toned toner Tonga tongs tonic tonne tonus

tonality tonal language tonal pattern tonal system