Synonyms for intonation
ˌɪn toʊˈneɪ ʃən, -tə-in·to·na·tion

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1. intonation

   Synonyms:
   melody, accentuation, resonance, ring

   Antonyms:
   jar, jabber, gabble, babel, gibber, rattle

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1. intonation, modulation, pitch contournoun

   rise and fall of the voice pitch

   Synonyms:
   chanting, transition, pitch contour, inflection, modulation

2. intonationnoun

   singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong

   Synonyms:
   chanting, pitch contour, modulation

3. intonation, chantingnoun

   the act of singing in a monotonous tone

   Synonyms:
   chanting, pitch contour, modulation

4. intonationnoun

   the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

   Synonyms:
   chanting, pitch contour, modulation

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1. • Music
   • Singing

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1. intonationnoun

   Synonyms:
   tone, cadence, twang, modulation of voice

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1. Lucinda Williams:

   I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.

2. Bill Kretzschmar:

   The speaker may have English as a second language because the intonation is not quite fluent in the way you would expect of a native U.S. speaker or native Canadian, but the speaker may have spent a long time in North America, because the speech is really too fluent just to have been learned abroad.