- Types Of Speech
- You can use consonant as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Consonant
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters a, c, n, o, s, and t, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter o. Consonant starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cons, conso, and the ending characters are t, nt, ant, nant, onant, ..
- Definition
- A speech sound that is not a vowel
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, consonant has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are con, and sonant.
- School Grade
- Consonant is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Consonant in Pig Latin is said as "onsonantcay or onsonantcway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | s | o | n | a | n | t
- Bigram
- co | on | ns | so | on | na | an | nt
- Trigram
- con | ons | nso | son | ona | nan | ant
- Quadrigram
- cons | onso | nson | sona | onan | nant
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a speech sound that is not a vowel
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- in keeping;
"salaries agreeable with current trends";
"plans conformable with your wishes";
"expressed views concordant with his background" - involving or characterized by harmony
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abaxial | facing away from the axis of an organ or organism "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" |
| Accented | used of syllables or musical beats |
| Accordant | being in agreement or harmony often followed by `with'' "a place perfectly accordant with man''s nature"-Thomas Hardy |
| According | (followed by `to'') as reported or stated by "according to historians" |
| Adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Affirmative | a reply of affirmation "he answered in the affirmative" |
| Agreeable | to your own liking or feelings or nature "Is the plan agreeable to you?" "he''s an agreeable fellow" "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli "an agreeable manner" |
| Agreeing | |
| Alike | in a like manner "they walk alike" |
| Allophone | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme |
View all cognitive synonyms for Consonant
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vowel | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
| Vowel Sound |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consonant | a speech sound that is not a vowel |
View English words with the unique letters used in consonant. Words With The Letters Acnost
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds it is held over or inserted into the ear "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" |
| Sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause "the sound of rain on the roof" "the beautiful sound of music" |
| Speech Sound |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affricate | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch'' in `chair'' and `j'' in `joy'') |
| Affricate Consonant | |
| Affricative | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch'' in `chair'' and `j'' in `joy'') |
| Alveolar | a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge |
| Alveolar Consonant | |
| Aspirate | a consonant pronounced with aspiration |
| Continuant | consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract |
| Continuant Consonant | |
| Dental Consonant | |
| Geminate | a doubled or long consonant; "the `n'' in `thinness'' is a geminate" |
View All Hyponyms For Consonant
Consonant Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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