Earnest tone Synonyms

Definitions for Earnest


  • (adjective) not joking or playful in mood or manner
  • (noun) a mental state free of jesting or trifling
  • (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

Definitions for Tone


  • (noun) a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
  • (noun) a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
  • (noun) the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people , or a thing different from others