Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus Cite Synonyms of catalectic Find synonyms for: Noun1. catalectic, line of poetry, line of verseusage: (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical footAdjective1. catalectic (vs. hypercatalectic) (vs. acatalectic)usage: (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical footWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.See also: catalectic (Dictionary) Related Content Daily Word Quiz: erpsichore Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language Synonyms Index