alliterative

adjective

al·​lit·​er·​a·​tive ə-ˈli-tə-rə-tiv 

-tə-ˌrā-tiv

: of, relating to, or marked by alliteration

alliteratively adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The answer to this week’s contest crossword is an alliterative cartoon character who would have made a good sixth theme answer. —WSJ, 4 May 2023

Journalism necessitates concision on a level that I’m not used to because informational language isn’t supposed to be flamboyant, flowery, frolicsome or alliterative – it’s supposed to convey information. —Terah Bennett, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2022

Nothing captured the imagination more than the alliterative vitamin vault, where shoppers could forage for calcium supplements and krill oil in the same setting that bank patrons once retrieved diamonds and stashed cash. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022

My alliterative schema for the various listening environments, designed to be annoyingly mnemonic, is corner, club, cathedral, and cocoon. —Sasha Frere-jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022

Another stenographer was aptly named Tessie Finger and partnered to a secretary whose name was the delightfully alliterative, pleasure-proclaiming Lee Lustgarden. —WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022

When moms are ready to take action, the website outlines three simple, alliterative steps anyone can take to start tackling climate change: swap, share and speak up. —Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2020

The kid with the alliterative name is now a senior at Santa Fe Christian and enjoying a memorable season for the 14-6 Eagles. —Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2022

The alliterative phrase, popularized on social media during the pandemic, has become an anti-slogan encapsulating criticisms of millennial White feminism. —Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

alliter(ation) + -ative

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above