syllabic

  • (a) of or relating to syllables
    • syllabic accent
    • syllabic characters each represent a syllable
  • (a) consisting of or using a syllabary
    • eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing
  • (a) (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
  • (a) consisting of a syllable or syllables
  • (a) (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
    • the syllabic 'nl" in 'riddle"

Antonyms

accentual quantitative nonsyllabic unsyllabic

Words of close approximity

syllable syllabub syllabus
syllabically syllabicate syllabication syllabicity syllabic script