consonant
noun
[ ˈkɒns(ə)nənt ]
• a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.
• "fricatives are by far the largest group of English consonants"
consonant
adjective
• denoting or relating to a consonant.
• "a consonant phoneme"
• in agreement or harmony with.
• "the findings are consonant with other research"
Similar:
in agreement with,
agreeing with,
consistent with,
in accordance with,
accordant with,
consilient with,
in harmony with,
compatible with,
congruous with,
in tune with,
reconcilable with,
Opposite:
incompatible with,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘letter representing a consonant’): via Old French from Latin consonare ‘sound together’, from con- ‘with’ + sonare ‘to sound’ (from sonus ‘sound’).
