Synonyms for retroflex
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
2. Reflexed — bent or curved backwards
3. Apical — of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge
4. Palatal — of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the…
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Bent or curved backwards.
- adj. 2
Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal
- adj. 3
Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar
- adj. 4
Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
Related words
- Word family
- retroflexed retroflexion retroflexive retroflexively
Example sentences
- palatal In English, consonantal Y is a palatal approximant.
By length
- 6 letters
- apical3, rhotic
- 7 letters
- palatal, laminal
- 8 letters
- cerebral3, reflexed
- 9 letters
- reflected3, subapical, cacuminal
- 12 letters
- retroflexive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apical3 = 3 syllables).