monosyllable
One-beat spoken unit
A monosyllable is a word of one syllable: cat, through, strength.
The term appears most often in its adjective form, monosyllabic, describing either single-syllable words or terse, uncommunicative speech: He answered in monosyllables, Her monosyllabic replies made conversation difficult.
Opposite of no
Of limited extent
- terseBrief to bluntness
- curtAbruptly rude in speech
- clippedCut or trimmed briefly
- abruptSharp and unexpected
crisp · pithy · laconic · succinct · concise · compact · snappy · sparing
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- accentRegional speech pattern
pronunciation · articulation · enunciation · utterance · diphthong · plosive · nasal · voiced
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- meterDevice that measures usage
staccato · accent · tempo · measure · duple · downbeat · syncopation · iamb
Fundamental in nature
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- simpleFree of complexity
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- primitiveIn earliest form
elementary · rudimentary · unadorned · bare · stark · direct · straightforward · minimalist
yes
Opposite of no
sun · moon · word · beat · love · hate · go · stop · one · two
short
Of limited extent
abrupt · crisp · pithy · laconic · succinct · concise · compact · snappy · sparing · compressed
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
accent · pronunciation · articulation · enunciation · utterance · diphthong · plosive · nasal · voiced · voiceless
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
meter · staccato · accent · tempo · measure · duple · downbeat · syncopation · iamb · trochee
basic
Fundamental in nature
primitive · elementary · rudimentary · unadorned · bare · stark · direct · straightforward · minimalist · unembellished
- mono- wordsmonochrome, monocle, monogram, monolith, monorail
- syllablessyllabification, disyllable, trisyllable, polysyllabic, onset
- syllables & meterdisyllable, trisyllable, two syllables, three syllables, multisyllable