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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timbre |
| Synonyms: | inflection, intonation, pitch, tone |
| Main Entry: | timbre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, inflection, intonation, overtone, resonance, tonality |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound timber refers to cut wood and to one's qualification for a position; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Antonyms: | pitch, volume |
| Main Entry: | timbre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound |
| Synonyms: | character, intonation, miter, mood, pitch, quality, tone |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound timber refers to cut wood and to one's qualification for a position; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Main Entry: | lilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | song |
| Synonyms: | air, intonation, movement, refrain, tune |
| Main Entry: | tonality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone |
| Synonyms: | accent, emphasis, force, inflection, intonation, modulation, resonance, strength, stress, timbre, tone color |
| Main Entry: | verbalization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, vocalization, voice, voicing, word*, writ |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vocalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voicing |
| Synonyms: | articulation, call*, cry, delivery, enunciation, exclamation, inflection, intonation, modulation, murmur, mutter, roar*, shout, song*, sound, speech, statement, tone, tongue, utterance, vent, vocalization, vociferation, words, yell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vocalization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression |
| Synonyms: | announcement, argument, articulation, assertion, asseveration, choice of words, commentary, communication, declaration, definition, delivery, diction, elucidation, emphasis, enunciation, execution, explanation, exposition, formulation, idiom, interpretation, intonation, issue, language, locution, mention, narration, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pronouncement, remark, rendition, set phrase, speaking, speech, statement, style, term, turn of phrase, utterance, vent, verbalization, voice, voicing, word*, writ |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vocalization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voicing |
| Synonyms: | articulation, call*, cry, delivery, enunciation, exclamation, inflection, intonation, modulation, murmur, mutter, roar*, shout, song*, sound, speech, statement, tone, tongue, utterance, vent, vocalism, vociferation, words, yell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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