Tonic and Unaccented

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Tonic adjective - Used of syllables.

Usage example: a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word

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Unaccented is an antonym for tonic.

Unaccented adjective - Used of syllables.

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Tonic is an antonym for unaccented.

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Unaccented and Tonic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tonic/unaccented

Tonic & Unaccented. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/tonic/unaccented>.

Unaccented or Tonic. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/tonic/unaccented.

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