tonic accent

1. 1.

   emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness

   Synonymspitch accent

   Broaderstress

Questions about tonic accent

What does tonic accent mean?

tonic accent means "emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness".

What is another word for tonic accent?

Close synonyms include pitch accent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tonic accent a common word?

tonic accent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.