29 Synonyms for Arsis: beat, accent, rhythm

arsis (29 synonym found)

Arsis has 29 synonyms. The top synonyms for arsis are beat, accent, rhythm, swing, quantity, anapest, thesis, pyrrhic and 21 more. Another word for arsis is beat. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for arsis?

A common synonym for arsis is beat. Other synonyms include accent, rhythm, swing, quantity.

How many synonyms does arsis have?

Arsis has 29 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does arsis mean?

(n): Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot (n): (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

Definition of arsis:

(n) : Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot

(n) : (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

(n) : (poetry) The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.

(n) : (music) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.

(n) : The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

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