inflection - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Synonyms

• inflection
• prosody

More generic

• delivery
• manner of speaking
• speech

More specific

• accent
• caesura
• emphasis
• enjambement
• enjambment
• intonation
• modulation
• pitch contour
• rhythm
• speech rhythm
• stress

Noun

a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

Synonyms

• inflection
• modulation

More generic

• delivery
• manner of speaking
• speech

Noun

deviation from a straight or normal course

Synonyms

• flection
• flexion
• inflection

More generic

• departure
• deviation
• difference
• divergence

Noun

a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

Synonyms

• inflection
• inflexion

More generic

• grammatical relation

More specific

• conjugation
• declension
• paradigm
• pluralisation
• pluralization

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