'occlusive' definitions:
Definition of 'occlusive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to occlude
noun
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive] [ant: continuant, continuant consonant]
Synonyms of 'occlusive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- bilabial,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- choking,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- constrictive,
- continuant,
- contrary,
- counterproductive,
- crosswise,
- dental,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- hindering,
- hindersome,
- in the way,
- inhibiting,
- inhibitive,
- interrupting,
- interruptive,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- obstructing,
- obstructive,
- obstruent,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- posttonic,
- repressive,
- restrictive,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- semivowel,
- soft,
- sonant,
- stifling,
- stopped,
- strangling,
- stressed,
- strong,
- suppressive,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- troublesome,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide