alliterative

1. 1.

   having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

   “alliterative verse”

   Similarrhymed

Questions about alliterative

What does alliterative mean?

alliterative means "having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable".

How many syllables are in alliterative?

alliterative has 5 syllables: al-lit-e-ra-tive. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /əˈlɪtɚətɪv/.

Is alliterative a common word?

alliterative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.