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Definition: Alliterative |
AlliterativeAdjective1. Having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alliterative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Antithetical, alliterative; figurative; artificial; (inelegant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alliterative |
| English words defined with "alliterative": alliteratively ♦ gal, go-as-you-please. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alliterative": Pugna Porcorum. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Alliterative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alliterative" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "alliterative": alliterative-itis. | |
Ending with "alliterative": non-alliterative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alliterative | 8 |
alliterative poem | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alliterative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | с алитерация, алитерационен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aliteraèní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρηχητικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alliteráló, betűrímes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | allitterativo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aalettyragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alliterativeay аллитерационный. (various references) aliterado. (various references) aliterasyonlu, ses tekrarı yapılan kelime ile ilgili. (various references) алітератійний. (various references) lặp âm đầu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alliterative": alliteratively. (additional references) | |
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"Alliterative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aliterative, aliterioi, obliterative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alliterative" (pronounced uli"terutiv or uli"terā'tiv) |
| 5 | -er u t i v | degenerative, Federative, figurative, generative, inoperative, operative, recuperative, remunerative, uncooperative, vituperative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, fixative, formative, fugitive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, relative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
| 7 | -i" t er ā' t i v | iterative. |
| 5 | -er ā' t i v | collaborative, cooperative, deliberative. |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, accumulative, administrative, appreciative, authoritative, dissipative, elucidative, facultative, imitative, innovative, investigative, legislative, manipulative, meditative, prognosticative, qualitative, quantitative, regulative, rehabilitative, stimulative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-t-v" | |
-1 letter: retaliative. | |
-2 letters: alliterate, illiterate. | |
-3 letters: aliterate, alleviate, iterative, lavaliere, retaliate. | |
-4 letters: arillate, illative, laetrile, laterite, lavalier, levirate, levitate, literate, literati, livelier, relative, valerate, varietal. | |
-5 letters: arietta, ariette, atelier, elative, eviller, iterate, lateral, leavier, literal, littler, rattail, reavail, retitle, tallier, tertial, tillite, travail, trivial, vallate, variate, vealier, velaria, virelai, vitelli, vitiate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-l-l-r-t-t-v" | |
+2 letters: alliteratively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6C 69 74 65 72 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .-.. .. - . .-. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l l i t e r a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006C 0069 0074 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357878758671846786758871 |
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