Noun

• S: (n) drone (drone%1:05:00::) (stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen)
• S: (n) monotone (monotone%1:10:00::), drone (drone%1:10:00::), droning (droning%1:10:00::) (an unchanging intonation)
• S: (n) dawdler (dawdler%1:18:00::), drone (drone%1:18:00::), laggard (laggard%1:18:00::), lagger (lagger%1:18:00::), trailer (trailer%1:18:00::), poke (poke%1:18:00::) (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) idler (idler%1:18:00::), loafer (loafer%1:18:00::), do-nothing (do-nothing%1:18:00::), layabout (layabout%1:18:00::), bum (bum%1:18:03::) (person who does no work) "a lazy bum"
• S: (n) nonworker (nonworker%1:18:00::) (a person who does nothing)
• S: (n) person (person%1:03:00::), individual (individual%1:03:00::), someone (someone%1:03:00::), somebody (somebody%1:03:00::), mortal (mortal%1:03:00::), soul (soul%1:03:00::) (a human being) "there was too much for one person to do"
• S: (n) organism (organism%1:03:00::), being (being%1:03:00::) (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
• S: (n) living thing (living_thing%1:03:00::), animate thing (animate_thing%1:03:00::) (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole (whole%1:03:00::), unit (unit%1:03:00::) (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object (object%1:03:00::), physical object (physical_object%1:03:00::) (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (physical_entity%1:03:00::) (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) causal agent (causal_agent%1:03:00::), cause (cause%1:03:00::), causal agency (causal_agency%1:03:00::) (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
• S: (n) physical entity (physical_entity%1:03:00::) (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) drone (drone%1:06:01::), pilotless aircraft (pilotless_aircraft%1:06:00::), radio-controlled aircraft (radio-controlled_aircraft%1:06:00::) (an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)
• S: (n) drone (drone%1:06:00::), drone pipe (drone_pipe%1:06:00::), bourdon (bourdon%1:06:00::) (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)

Verb

• S: (v) drone (drone%2:39:00::) (make a monotonous low dull sound) "The harmonium was droning on"
• S: (v) drone (drone%2:32:00::), drone on (drone_on%2:32:00::) (talk in a monotonous voice)