All intonation synonyms

noun intonation

• inflection — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
• 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.
• articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
• modulation — the act of modulating.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• inflexion — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
• lilt — rhythmic swing or cadence.
• cadence — The cadence of someone's voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
• 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.
• stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
• accentuation — an act or instance of accentuating.
• emphasis — Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
• enunciation — The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
• chanting — Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.
• chant — A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
• incantation — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
• invocation — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
• singing — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
• humming — making a droning sound; buzzing.