plosive - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for plosive , a list of similar words for plosive from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Synonyms

• occlusive
• plosive
• plosive consonant
• plosive speech sound
• stop
• stop consonant

More generic

• obstruent

More specific

• click
• glottal catch
• glottal plosive
• glottal stop
• labial stop
• suction stop

Related

• explosion
• implosion
• plosion

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