Consonant

Quick meaning: Consonant is a noun meaning A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Meaning

A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

More Meanings

1. Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
2. Having the same sound.
3. (music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
4. Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
5. (phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

Example Sentences

consonant tones; consonant chords

1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae consonant words and syllables

Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.

No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

Word Forms

• consonants

Synonyms for consonant

Depending on context, synonyms include concordant, harmonious, accordant, agreeable, consistent, conformable.

Antonyms for consonant

Common opposites include disconsonant, dissonant, discordant, vowel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harmonized, harmonious, harmonical, conformable, harmonic, concordant.

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