CONSONANT

accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant

(adjective) in keeping; “salaries agreeable with current trends”; “plans conformable with your wishes”; “expressed views concordant with his background”

consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised

(adjective) involving or characterized by harmony

consonant

(noun) a speech sound that is not a vowel

consonant

(noun) a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

consonant (plural consonants)

(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.

A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Adjective

consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant)

Characterized by harmony or agreement.

Having the same sound.

(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.

Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

Antonyms

• disconsonant

• dissonant

• discordant

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. consonans, -antis; p.pr. of consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]

1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

2. Having like sounds. Consonant words and syllables. Howell.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants. No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. T. Moore.

Con"so*nant, n. Etym: [L. consonans, -antis.]

Definition: An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Note: Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes, spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of them are sounds uttered through a closer position of the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are capable of being used as if vowels, and forming syllables with other closer consonants, as in the English feeble (taken (

Note: "A consonant is the result of audible friction, squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main distinction between vowels and consonants is, that while in the former the mouth configuration merely modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an essential element of the vowels, in consonants the narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis is something secondary." H. Sweet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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