Occlusive

/əˈkluːsɪv/

Synonyms for "occlusive" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(6 words)

plosive stopstop consonantblocking clogging closing

accented alveolar apical apico-alveolar apico-dental articulated articulation aspiration assimilated assimilation back barytone bilabial broad cacuminal central cerebral check checked choking

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close consonant

Strong matches (41)

consonantal constrictive continuant contrary counterproductive crosswise dental diphthong dissimilated dorsal explosive flat front glide glossal glottal guttural hard heavy high

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hindering hindersomein the wayinhibiting inhibitive interrupting interruptive intonated labial labiodental labiovelar lateral lax light lingual liquid low mid modification

Noun(1 words)

dressing

Adjective(1 words)

ischemic

Related words (68)

monophthongal mute muted narrow nasal nasalized obstructing obstructive obstruent open oxytone palatal palatalized peak pharyngeal pharyngealized phone phoneme phonemic phonetic

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Noun(6 words)

obstructive occludentplosive consonantplosive speech soundplugging sealant

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8 entries

consonantconsonant typedescriptive termdressinglinguistic termmedical adjectivemedical deviceobstruent

More specific

10 entries

alveolar stoparterial occlusionbandagebilabial stopdental occluderplosive sealantstop consonantvelar stopvenous occlusion

Collocations

10 entries

alveolar stopbilabial stopocclusive barrierocclusive dressingocclusive filmocclusive membraneocclusive patchocclusive treatmentstop consonantvelar stop

Inflections

3 entries

more occlusivemost occlusiveocclusives

Derivations

5 entries

occlude occlusal occlusion occlusively occlusiveness

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