Fricative synonyms

frĭk'ə-tĭv

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continuant
Continuing; prolonged; sustained.
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sibilant
Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh):
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spirant
Having the nature of a spirant; fricative
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strident
Characterized by harsh, irritating insistence
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fricative consonant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
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plosive (related)
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velar (related)
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uvular (related)
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unvoiced (related)
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bilabial (related)
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intervocalic (related)
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obstruent (related)
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unaspirated (related)
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labio-dental (related)
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word-final (related)
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devoice (related)
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diphthong (related)
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Find another word for fricative. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fricative, like: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident, fricative consonant, plosive, velar, uvular, unvoiced, bilabial and intervocalic.
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  • The use of the velar fricative is dying out all over the place.

  • The word begins with a rather weak voiceless fricative made with the lips (bilabial ).

  • In the first experiment, two vowels were compared with one voiced and one unvoiced fricative.

  • Specifically, it analyzes the production and perception of two English phonemes: the voiced labiodental fricative and the voiced dental fricative.

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