Definitions for tony
ˈtoʊ nitony

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Tonynoun

   A short form of Anthony, also used as a formal male given name.

2. Tonynoun

   Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing.

3. tonyadjective

   Stylish, high-toned, upscale.

   They found a tony location for the new store.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tonynoun

   a simpleton

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tony

   tō′ni, n. a simpleton. [Antony.]

2. Tony

   tō′ni, adj. (U.S.) genteel, high-toned.

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1. tony

   Song lyrics by tony -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by tony on the Lyrics.com website.

2. TONY

   What does TONY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TONY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TONY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tony is ranked #22158 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tony surname appeared 1,166 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tony.
   
   39.5% or 461 total occurrences were White.
   36.6% or 427 total occurrences were Black.
   8.8% or 103 total occurrences were Asian.
   8.5% or 100 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.8% or 45 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tony' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2253

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tony' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1241

Anagrams for tony »

1. yont

How to pronounce tony?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tony in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tony in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tony in a Sentence

1. Ken Moelis:

   Tony James would succeed in anything you put in front of him.

2. Benjamin Risha:

   He was made to smack his mother, he had to do it three times before the smacks were loud enough for Tony Alamo to approve of them … His control was absolute. No one told him no. It was pretty horrible. Something as simple as falling asleep in church could get you in trouble, even though it was the third time you ’d been at church that day, and you had already worked and gone to school and prayed for several hours. We would be nodding off. But if someone went to sleep ? God forbid you got caught. It was pretty bad … I wanted to know what life was like beyond this.

3. Paul Evans:

   From a tony to a tonier neighborhood.

4. Hunter Biden:

   President Gutmann, when you came to me before the [Obama] administration was up and asked me whether I [would] consider to be a professor at Penn, the first thought I had was that it sounded like an intriguing idea, but it became even more intriguing after the outcome of the [2016] election when you said I could bring along with me some serious, serious people, serious staff people and much more than staff and they start with Tony Blinken and Steve Ricchetti and others, so thank you for allowing me to bring along some really, really bright people.

5. Donald Trump:

   Tony Perkins wrote that out for me -- he actually wrote out 2, he wrote out the number 2 Corinthians, i took exactly what Tony said, and I said, 'Well Tony has to know better than anybody.'.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tony
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tony
3. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tony
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html