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toned

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Received-Pronunciation: /təʊnd/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American: /toʊnd/
rhymes with -əʊnd
rhymes with -oʊnd
CMU ARPABET: T OW1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Having a (specified kind of) tone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

high-toned
sweet-toned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adj

Meaning 2

Physically fit, with somewhat defined and firm muscles and limited bodyfat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

a toned body
a toned man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of tone

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective

Meaning 4

having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

full-toned
silver-toned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: toneless

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

full-toned
shrill-toned
deep-toned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

French: robuste — Defined or firm
French: vigoureux — Defined or firm
German: straff — Defined or firm
Spanish: tonificado — Defined or firm
Spanish: entonado — Defined or firm
Spanish: apolíneo — Defined or firm

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more toned — comparative
most toned — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: earth-toned, high-toned, low-toned, multitoned, toned paper, tritoned, undertoned, untoned

Related: tonal

Semantic map

Other relationships

Holonyms: able-bodied, athletic, Atlantean, beefy, beefed out, brawny, brolic, buff, built, built like a brick shithouse, built like a tank, buirdly, burly, Cyclopean, deep-rooted, dench, diced, fit, gigantic, Herculean, hale, hearty, hench, husky, in shape, jacked, lusty, like a giant refreshed, made of iron, muscular, muscled, muscleful, ripped, rugged, sculpted, sinewy, strapping, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, swole, toned, virile, well-built, well-fed, well-knit, wiry

Sources

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