User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊni
Adjective
- Stylish, high-toned,
upscale.
- They found a tony location for the new store.
Extensive Definition
Tony is a shortened form of Anthony.
Tony may refer to:
- Tony Blair, a former U.K. prime minister
- Kawasaki Ki-61, a Japanese WWII-era fighter aircraft, code-named "Tony"
- Tony, Wisconsin
- Tony (footballer), various footballers named Tony
In media:
- Tony Award, for Broadway plays
- Tony (Skins episode), an episode of British dramedy Skins
- Tony (album), a 1957 album by Tony Bennett
In fiction:
- Tony Clifton, a fictional character created by comedian Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s.
- Tony Soprano, lead character in the HBO show The Sopranos.
- Fat Tony, the head of Mafia of Springfield in The Simpsons
- Tony Almeida, a character in the TV series 24
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a la mode, ambitious, chic, classy, exclusive, fancy, fashionable, flossy, high-flown, high-flying,
high-toned, highfalutin, highfaluting, in, lofty, modish, ostentatious, pretentious, swank, swish, vaunting