Definition for Syllabary:

• a writing system whose characters represent syllables

Synonyms for Syllabary:

• n.

  •alphabet (noun)
  • abcs,
  • elements,
  • symbols,
  • fundamentals,
  • signs,
  • Characters.
  •communication (noun)
  • syllabary,
  • syllabic script.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • alphabet,
  • hieroglyph,
  • ideograph,
  • morpheme,
  • phoneme,
  • pictograph,
  • rune,
  • script,
  • phonemes,
  • runes,
  • hieroglyphs,
  • morphemes,
  • graphic representation,
  • ideographs.

Syllabary Sentence Examples:

• For a while the hieroglyphic writing of Egypt had taken the place formerly occupied by the cuneiform syllabary of Babylonia, and Egyptian culture had succeeded in supplanting that which had come from the East.

• When the cuneiform syllabary was superseded in Palestine by the so - called Phoenician alphabet we do not know.

Hypernym for Syllabary:

• n.

  • communication
    Devanagari Script, devanagari, Nagari Script, nagari.

Hyponym for Syllabary:

• n.

  • communication
    script.