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/ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ · noun
(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant..
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
Use fricative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fricative means (phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant..
Common synonyms include spirant, soft, sibilant, fricative consonant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
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