'Phonic' definitions:
Definition of 'phonic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading
adjective
Relating to speech
adjective
Of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" [syn: phonetic, phonic]
Definition of 'Phonic'
From: GCIDE
- Phonic \Phon"ic\ (f[o^]n"[i^]k; 277), a. [Gr. fwnh` sound: cf. F. phonique.] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phonic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- acoustic,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- audible,
- audile,
- audio,
- auditory,
- aural,
- auricular,
- back,
- barytone,
- bilabial,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- dental,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- hearing,
- heavy,
- high,
- hypersonic,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- occlusive,
- open,
- otic,
- otological,
- otopathic,
- otoscopic,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- posttonic,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- semivowel,
- soft,
- sonant,
- sonic,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- subsonic,
- supersonic,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- transonic,
- transsonic,
- twangy,
- ultrasonic,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide