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alliterative

alliterative adjective: in the form or style of alliteration.

Adjective

alliterative (comparative more alliterative, superlative most alliterative)

  1. In the form or style of alliteration.
    Synonyms:
    alliterational

alliterative meaning in Tamil and Bengali

alliterative in Tamil

முதலெழுத்து அரக்கிவருகிற, ஒலியொத்துஇசைகிற, மோனையுடைய

alliterative in Bengali

অনুপ্রাসের আকারে, শৈলীতে

Synonyms of alliterative

Forms of alliterative

comparativemore alliterative
superlativemost alliterative

Origin of alliterative

From alliterate + -ive.

Words formed from alliterative

Questions about alliterative

What does alliterative mean?
Alliterative means in the form or style of alliteration.
What is alliterative in Tamil?
Alliterative in Tamil is முதலெழுத்து அரக்கிவருகிற, ஒலியொத்துஇசைகிற, மோனையுடைய. See Alliterative meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alliterative?
Alliterative is an adjective.

Words near alliterative in the dictionary

  1. alliteration
  2. alliterational
  3. alliterationist
  4. alliterationists
  5. alliterations
  6. alliterative
  7. alliteratively
  8. alliterativeness
  9. alliterator
  10. alliterators
  11. alliterize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alliterative (page history and authors); alliterative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alliterative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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