drones
Remote-controlled flying machines
Drones are unmanned aircraft, typically controlled remotely or by onboard computers.
Military drones conduct surveillance and airstrikes; consumer drones take aerial photos or race.
The word comes from the male honeybee, which doesn't work—so a drone is also a person who does tedious labor or lives off others.
A drone can be a monotonous humming sound, or to speak in such a tone: He droned on about quarterly projections.
Crewless aircraft
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- unmannedHaving no human aboard
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- remote-controlledOperated via transmitted signals
pilotless · hovering · rotors · propellers · multirotor · hexacopter · octocopter · FPV
Bee dwelling structure
- swarmMass of moving insects
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- workerPerson who toils
- queenMost powerful chess piece
buzzing · apiary · pollination · nectar · pollen · stinger · comb · propolis
Conveyance of goods
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- photographyCreating images from light
- videographyArt of recording footage
inspection · surveying · spraying · logistics · Amazon · parcels · crop-dusting · real-estate
Ongoing observation of something
- spyingSecretly observing others
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- observationAttentive watching or remark
privacy · footage · cameras · patrol · military · intelligence · espionage · airborne
Wearisome dullness
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- samenessState of being identical
- repetitionAct of redoing
- drudgeryHard, boring work
ennui · humdrum · weariness · dullness · routine · monologue · plodding · stagnation
Kept up continuously
- ambientOf the surroundings
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
- sitarIndian plucked lute
didgeridoo · harmonium · shruti · bourdon · overtones · resonance · meditative · minimalism
UAV
Crewless aircraft
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- unmannedHaving no human aboard
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
remote-controlled · pilotless · hovering · rotors · propellers · multirotor · hexacopter · octocopter · FPV · gimbal
hive
Bee dwelling structure
queen · buzzing · apiary · pollination · nectar · pollen · stinger · comb · propolis · larvae
delivery
Conveyance of goods
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- photographyCreating images from light
videography · inspection · surveying · spraying · logistics · Amazon · parcels · crop-dusting · real-estate · cinematography
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- spyingSecretly observing others
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- trackingMonitoring location over time
observation · privacy · footage · cameras · patrol · military · intelligence · espionage · airborne · watchful
tedium
Wearisome dullness
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- samenessState of being identical
- repetitionAct of redoing
drudgery · ennui · humdrum · weariness · dullness · routine · monologue · plodding · stagnation · listlessness
sustained
Kept up continuously
- ambientOf the surroundings
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
sitar · didgeridoo · harmonium · shruti · bourdon · overtones · resonance · meditative · minimalism · soundscape
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- modern technologysmartphone, smartphones, internet, computers, Wi-Fi
- Air Forcesair force, US Air Force, Luftwaffe, RAF, squadrons
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- Military Powerarmy, navy, air force, marines, troops
- drone onTalk tediously at length
- weaponized dronesArmed unmanned aerial vehicles
- drone strikeRemotely piloted aerial attack
- drone footageFilm from unmanned aircraft
- military droneUnmanned combat aircraft
- office droneMonotonous corporate employee