Synonyms for accent
ˈæk sɛnt; ækˈsɛntac·cent

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1. accent

   Synonyms:
   stress, rhythm, pulsation, beat, emphasis

   Antonyms:
   smoothness, inaccentuation, monotony, equableness, babble, flow

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1. accent, speech patternnoun

   distinctive manner of oral expression

   "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

   Synonyms:
   stress, speech pattern, dialect, idiom, emphasis, accent mark

2. emphasis, accentnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   dialect, vehemence, stress, accent mark, idiom, speech pattern, emphasis

3. dialect, idiom, accentnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   phrase, artistic style, speech pattern, dialect, stress, set phrase, accent mark, idiom, parlance, emphasis, phrasal idiom, idiomatic expression

4. stress, emphasis, accentnoun

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

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

   Synonyms:
   tenseness, speech pattern, vehemence, emphasis, stress, dialect, accent mark, tension, strain, focus, idiom

5. accent, accent markverb

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

   Synonyms:
   stress, speech pattern, dialect, idiom, emphasis, accent mark

6. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

   to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

   Synonyms:
   emphasise, mark, punctuate, stress, try, underscore, strain, accentuate, underline, emphasize

7. stress, accent, accentuateverb

   put stress on; utter with an accent

   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

   Synonyms:
   emphasise, punctuate, stress, try, strain, accentuate, emphasize

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Pronounce
   • Prosody

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1. accentnoun

   Synonyms:
   intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice

2. accentnoun

   Synonyms:
   stress (on a certain syllable)

3. accentverb

   Synonyms:
   accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent

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1. accentnoun

   Synonyms:
   stress, ictus, modulation, accentuation

2. accentverb

   Synonyms:
   emphasize, accentuate

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1. List of paraphrases for "accent":

   emphasis, focus, 'accent, focused

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1. John Melendez:

   Jared Kushner and Donald Trump picks up the phone and I started talking to The President. I never said to Jared Kushner and Donald Trump that I was Sen. Menendez. I was just talking in my Long Island accent. The thing is, you hear my bad Long Island accent and a voice that Jared Kushner and Donald Trump has talked to so many times, the President wants to be accessible to members and likes engaging them and wants them to have the opportunity to connect. The downside of that is sometimes the channels are open too widely and mistakes like this happen.

2. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

   Accent is the soul of language it gives to it both feeling and truth.

3. Chadwick Boseman:

   I knew that an African accent could carry all of that passion in the English language just as well as a British one could if not better.

4. Sarah Shepherd:

   I get a lot of calls from people who want accent softening, who say,' I want to sound like the queen,'.

5. Heinrich Heine:

   Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.