Definition of
Keynote
- (noun, communication) the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- (noun, cognition) a fundamental or central idea
- (noun, communication) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- (verb, change) set the keynote of
- (verb, communication) give the keynote address to (an audience)
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Synonyms of Keynote
Alternate forms of Keynote
Derivations: keynote
Hyponyms: c
Hypernyms: address, idea, musical note, note, set, speak, subject, theme, thought, tone, topic
Origin of the word Keynote
- "lowest note of a musical scale, basis of a scale," 1776, from key (1) in sense of "musical scale" + note. Fig. sense of "leading idea" is from 1783; keynote address is 1905, Amer.Eng. more
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Words that sound like Keynote
kainite, kam-tai, kamet, kandy, kannada, kant, kaunda, keen-eyed, keeshond, kennedia, kennedy, kennedya, kent, kenyata, khamti, khanate, khanty, kind, kinda, kismat, kismet, knead, knit, knitted, knot, knotted, knotty, knout, knut, kokka shinto, kyanite
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