Defenition of the word consonant
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Defenition of the word consonant
- A sound of the voice produced by the different organs of the mouth, characterized by the obstruction of the passage of air.
- A letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel.
- in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"
- a speech sound that is not a vowel
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
- involving or characterized by harmony
- in keeping
Synonyms for the word consonant
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- accordant
- agreeable
- concordant
- conformable
- harmonic
- harmonical
- harmonized
- in accord
- in agreement
- in harmony
Similar words in the consonant
Hyponyms for the word consonant
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- affricate
- affricate consonant
- affricative
- alveolar
- alveolar consonant
- aspirate
- continuant
- continuant consonant
- dental
- dental consonant
- geminate
- guttural
- guttural consonant
- labial
- labial consonant
- labiodental
- labiodental consonant
- lingual
- liquid
- nasal
- nasal consonant
- obstruent
- occlusive
- pharyngeal
- pharyngeal consonant
- plosive
- plosive consonant
- plosive speech sound
- sibilant
- sibilant consonant
- stop
- stop consonant
- surd
- velar
- velar consonant
- voiceless consonant
Hypernyms for the word consonant
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- alphabetic character
- letter
- letter of the alphabet
- phone
- sound
- speech sound
Antonyms for the word consonant
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