'accent' definitions:
Definition of 'accent'
(from WordNet)
noun
Distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern]
noun
Special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent]
noun
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent]
noun
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent]
noun
A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent, accent mark]
verb
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate]
verb
Put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate]
Synonyms of 'accent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent mark,
- accents,
- accentuate,
- accentuation,
- Alexandrine,
- amphibrach,
- amphimacer,
- anacrusis,
- anapest,
- antispast,
- arsis,
- articulation,
- bacchius,
- bar,
- beat,
- belabor,
- broad accent,
- brogue,
- burr,
- cadence,
- caesura,
- cancel,
- catalexis,
- character,
- chatter,
- chloriamb,
- chloriambus,
- colon,
- comment,
- concern,
- concernment,
- consequence,
- consequentiality,
- consideration,
- conversation,
- counterpoint,
- cretic,
- custos,
- dactyl,
- dactylic hexameter,
- diacritical mark,
- diaeresis,
- dimeter,
- dipody,
- direct,
- discourse,
- distinguish,
- dochmiac,
- dot,
- drawl,
- dwell on,
- elegiac,
- elegiac couplet,
- elegiac pentameter,
- elocution,
- emphasis,
- emphasize,
- epitrite,
- excellence,
- expression mark,
- feminine caesura,
- fermata,
- foot,
- force,
- gab,
- give emphasis to,
- grammatical accent,
- harp on,
- heptameter,
- heptapody,
- heroic couplet,
- hexameter,
- hexapody,
- high order,
- high rank,
- highlight,
- hold,
- iamb,
- iambic,
- iambic pentameter,
- ictus,
- import,
- importance,
- inflection,
- intensity,
- interest,
- intonation,
- intonation pattern,
- ionic,
- italicize,
- jingle,
- key signature,
- language,
- lead,
- level of stress,
- ligature,
- lilt,
- mark,
- masculine caesura,
- materiality,
- measure,
- merit,
- meter,
- metrical accent,
- metrical foot,
- metrical group,
- metrical unit,
- metrics,
- metron,
- metronomic mark,
- molossus,
- moment,
- mora,
- movement,
- notation,
- note,
- numbers,
- oral communication,
- overaccentuate,
- overemphasize,
- overstress,
- paeon,
- palaver,
- paramountcy,
- parole,
- pause,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- period,
- pitch accent,
- place emphasis on,
- point up,
- prattle,
- precedence,
- preeminence,
- presa,
- primacy,
- primary stress,
- priority,
- proceleusmatic,
- prominence,
- pronunciation,
- prosodics,
- prosody,
- pulsation,
- pulse,
- punctuate,
- pyrrhic,
- quantity,
- rapping,
- regional accent,
- rhetorical accent,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic pattern,
- rhythmical accent,
- rhythmical stress,
- rub in,
- secondary stress,
- segno,
- self-importance,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sign,
- signature,
- significance,
- slur,
- speaking,
- speech,
- spondee,
- spotlight,
- sprung rhythm,
- star,
- stress,
- stress accent,
- stress arsis,
- stress pattern,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- swell,
- swing,
- symbol,
- syzygy,
- talk,
- talking,
- tempo mark,
- tertiary stress,
- tetrameter,
- tetrapody,
- tetraseme,
- thesis,
- throb,
- tie,
- time signature,
- tone,
- tone accent,
- tribrach,
- trimeter,
- tripody,
- triseme,
- trochee,
- twang,
- underline,
- underscore,
- value,
- vinculum,
- weak stress,
- weight,
- words,
- worth,
- yakkety-yak,
- yakking