1. Consisting of a syllable or syllables
   "The syllabic structure of the word was analysed"
    
2. Of or relating to syllables
   "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"
    
3. (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
   "the syllabic ‘l’ in ‘riddle’"
    
4. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
   "The syllabic poetry followed a strict 5-7-5 pattern"
    
5. Consisting of or using a syllabary
   "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"

See also: decasyllabic, disyllabic, monosyllabic, octosyllabic, pentasyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabled

Antonym: accentual, nonsyllabic, quantitative

Encyclopedia: Syllabic