consonant
[adjective]
Synonyms: agreeable, compatible, congenial, congruous, consistent, sympathetic, harmonious, blending, chiming, harmonic, musical, symphonic, symphonious, like, agnate, akin, alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, parallel, similar, uniform, resonant, orotund, plangent, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorant, sonorous, vibrant

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Antonyms: inconsonant, dissonant
Contrasted words: discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent
Related Words: accordant, conformable, harmonious, coincident, concurrent, en rapport

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I. con‧so‧nant¹ /ˈkɒnsənənt $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable]

1. a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through your mouth ⇒ vowel

2. a letter that represents a consonant sound. The letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, and sometimes ‘y’ represent vowels, and all the other letters are consonants.

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II. consonant² adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of consonare 'to sound together, agree', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + sonare 'to sound']

1. be consonant with something formal to match or exist well with something else:
This policy is scarcely consonant with the government’s declared aims.

2. technical relating to a combination of musical notes that sounds pleasant Antonym : dissonant
—consonance noun [uncountable]

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