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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly}, adverb -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alliterative
adjective: having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "alliterative": alliteral, alliterating, assonant, assonantal, belabored, chanting, chiming, cliche-ridden, dingdong, harping, humdrum, jingle-jangle, jingling, jog-trot, labored, monotone, monotonous, punning, rhymed, rhyming, singsong, tedious
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