syllabic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to syllables
syllabic accent
Related & opposite
- syllable derivation
- syllabicity derivation
- syllable pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
consisting of or using a syllabary
eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
Related & opposite
- syllabary pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
Related & opposite
- accentual antonym
- quantitative antonym
Sense 4 adjective
consisting of a syllable or syllables
Related & opposite
- nonsyllabic antonym
- syllable derivation
- disyllabic similar to
- monosyllabic similar to
- octosyllabic similar to
- pentasyllabic similar to
- polysyllabic similar to
- decasyllabic similar to
- syllabled similar to
Sense 5 adjective
(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'
Related & opposite
- nonsyllabic antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | syllable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | syllabicity |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | syllable |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | syllabary |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | accentual |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | quantitative |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonsyllabic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | syllable |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | disyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | monosyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | octosyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | pentasyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | polysyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | decasyllabic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | syllabled |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonsyllabic |