consonant

1. 1.

   a speech sound that is not a vowel

   Antonymsvowel

   Broaderphone

   Narroweralveolar consonantobstruentaspiratelabial consonantlabiodental consonantnasal consonantlingualliquidgeminatesurd
2. 2.

   a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

   Broaderletter

1. 1.

   involving or characterized by harmony

   Synonymsharmonicharmonicalharmonizedharmonised

   Similarharmonious
2. 2.

   in keeping

   “salaries agreeable with current trends”

   “plans conformable with your wishes”

   “expressed views concordant with his background”

   Synonymsaccordantagreeableconformableconcordant

   Similarconsistent

Other forms of consonant

plural

consonants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about consonant

What does consonant mean?

consonant means "a speech sound that is not a vowel". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consonant?

consonant has 3 syllables: con-so-nant. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsənənt/.

What is another word for consonant?

Close synonyms include harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised, accordant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of consonant?

The recorded antonyms are vowel.

Is consonant a common word?

consonant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.