SYLLABIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of liquids and nasals
   Synonym(s)
   • vocalic (what does vocalic mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • consonantal (what does consonantal mean?)
   • nonsyllabic (what does nonsyllabic mean?)
   • nonvocalic (what does nonvocalic mean?)
2. Meaning
   • consisting of a syllable or syllables
   • constituting a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable
   • consisting of a consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the other vowel sounds in a syllab
   Antonym(s)
   • nonsyllabic (what does nonsyllabic mean?)
   • unsyllabic (what does unsyllabic mean?)
   Similar To
   • disyllabic (what does disyllabic mean?)
   • monosyllabic (what does monosyllabic mean?)
   • octosyllabic (what does octosyllabic mean?)
   • pentasyllabic (what does pentasyllabic mean?)
   • polysyllabic (what does polysyllabic mean?)
   • syllabled (what does syllabled mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
   Antonym(s)
   • accentual (what does accentual mean?)
   • quantitative (what does quantitative mean?)
   Similar To
   • decasyllabic (what does decasyllabic mean?)
   • octosyllabic (what does octosyllabic mean?)
4. Meaning
   • consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters
   Usage Example(s)
   • eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
   Pertainym(s)
   • syllabary (what does syllabary mean?)
   • syllabic script (what does syllabic script mean?)
5. Meaning
   • of or relating to syllables
   Usage Example(s)
   • syllabic accent
   • syllabic characters each represent a syllable
   Pertainym(s)
   • syllable (what does syllable mean?)