All inflection synonyms

noun inflection

• accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
• timbre — Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
• pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
• articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
• sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
• tone — (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
• modulation — the act of modulating.
• variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
• pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
• tonality — Music. the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system. a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• nuance — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
• variety — the state of being varied or diversified: to give variety to a diet.
• shade — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
• enunciation — The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
• intonation — the pattern or melody of pitch changes in connected speech, especially the pitch pattern of a sentence, which distinguishes kinds of sentences or speakers of different language cultures.
• emphasis — Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.