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'")