diacritic
nounHow to pronounce diacritic:
Definition of diacritic:
- diacritic (noun):
- a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element
Synonyms for diacritic:
diacritical
different
disparate
dissimilar
distinct
distinctive
distinguishable
diverse
nonidentical
other
unalike
unlike
unrelated
Antonyms for diacritic:
atypical
common
common place
commonplace
conventional
customary
established
everyday
familiar
frequent
general
generic
mainstream
nontypical
normal
nothing special
ordinary
orthodox
popular
prevalent
regular
resembling
run-of-the-mill
standard
traditional
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