accent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Synonyms

• accent
• accent mark

More generic

• diacritic
• diacritical mark

More specific

• acute
• acute accent
• ague
• grave
• grave accent
• stress mark

Noun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

Synonyms

• accent
• emphasis
• stress

More generic

• inflection
• prosody

More specific

• accentuation
• pitch accent
• sentence stress
• tonic accent
• word accent
• word stress

Noun

distinctive manner of oral expression

Synonyms

• accent
• speech pattern

More generic

• pronunciation

More specific

• drawl

Noun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

Synonyms

• accent
• dialect
• idiom

More generic

• non-standard speech

More specific

• eye dialect
• patois

Noun

special importance or significance

Synonyms

• accent
• emphasis

More generic

• grandness
• importance

More specific

• focus
• stress

Verb

put stress on; utter with an accent

Synonyms

• accent
• accentuate
• stress

More generic

• articulate
• enounce
• enunciate
• pronounce
• say
• sound out

Verb

to stress, single out as important

Synonyms

• accent
• accentuate
• emphasise
• emphasize
• punctuate
• stress

More generic

• evince
• express
• show

More specific

• background
• bear down
• bring out
• downplay
• drive home
• emphasise
• emphasize
• play down
• point up
• press home
• ram home
• re-emphasise
• re-emphasize
• set off
• topicalize
• underline
• underscore

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