All orthoepy synonyms

noun orthoepy

• 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.
• diction — Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
• utterance — the utmost extremity, especially death.
• articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
• drawl — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
• elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
• enunciation — The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
• phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
• phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
• phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
• twang — to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.