Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prosody
3 senses of prosody
Sense 1
prosody, inflection -- (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery -- (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech")
Sense 2
poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody -- ((prosody) a system of versification)
=> versification -- (the form or metrical composition of a poem)
Sense 3
prosody, metrics -- (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
=> poetics -- (study of poetic works)