Antonyms of adj syllabic

3 of 5 senses of syllabic

Sense 3
syllabic (vs. accentual) (vs. quantitative) -- ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities)

accentual (vs. quantitative) (vs. syllabic) -- ((of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm")
quantitative (vs. syllabic) (vs. accentual) -- ((of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements")

Sense 4
syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) -- (consisting of a syllable or syllables)

nonsyllabic (vs. syllabic), unsyllabic -- (not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong); "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'")
        => unsyllabled -- (not articulated in syllables)

Sense 5
syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) -- ((of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'")

nonsyllabic (vs. syllabic) -- ((of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable; "initial 'l' in 'little' is nonsyllabic")

Similarity of adj syllabic

5 senses of syllabic

Sense 1
syllabic -- (of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable")

Sense 2
syllabic -- (consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing")

Sense 3
syllabic (vs. accentual) (vs. quantitative) -- ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities)

Sense 4
syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) -- (consisting of a syllable or syllables)
       => disyllabic -- (having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables)
       => monosyllabic -- (having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable)
       => octosyllabic -- (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables)
       => pentasyllabic -- (having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables)
       => polysyllabic -- (having or characterized by words of more than three syllables)
       => decasyllabic -- (having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables)
       => syllabled -- (pronounced in syllables)

Sense 5
syllabic (vs. nonsyllabic) -- ((of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'")

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