Synonyms of inflections

inflections

noun

plural of inflection

as in curvatures

something that curves or is curved

the inflection of the river is even more obvious when viewed from the summit of the nearby mountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curvatures
• curves
• bends
• angles
• turns
• winds
• arches
• bows
• arcs
• crooks
• folds
• curls
• twists
• slopes
• corners
• windings
• loops
• convolutions
• swirls
• coils
• rings
• reflections
• warps
• curlicues
• circles
• ringlets
• inclines
• inclinations
• buckles
• rounds
• spirals
• kinks
• flexures
• declines
• hairpins
• incurvatures
• turnoffs
• doglegs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflections

In a video of her final performance, Lee snaps fluidly in and out of African-American Vernacular English, applying different accents and inflections. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Two characters who were stressed about keeping a secret had vocal inflections that could only be described as banal. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 10 June 2026

Roher and co-writer Robert Ramsay craft a classically structured screenplay about a talented piano tuner who stumbles into a life of crime, upon which Roher, editor Greg O’Bryant, and composer Will Bates embroider jazzy rhythms and inflections, inspired by the musical world our characters inhabit. — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

The contrast between svn4vr’s different inflections evokes the spiritual tension of a pious person torn between worldly desire and submission to a higher power. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026

The chorus leaves the beach for the boardwalk, its cocky doo-wop inflections presenting loneliness less as an inner weakness and more as a loyalty test. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 16 Mar. 2026

Look for choppy sentences, unusual inflections, abnormal phrasing, or incongruent background noise. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026

Sometimes autism’s portrayed in movies with quirky head movements, weird blinks, and weird inflections. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025

The widely varied performances are quietly yet keenly expressive; Reichardt’s dialogue has enticingly odd spin (starting with an ingenious monologue for a precocious child) and the cast delivers it with pinpoint inflections. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025