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consonant
Meaning: consistent or in agreement with something
consonant in a sentence
How consonant is used in real sentences:
The new policy is consonant with the school's commitment to equal access.
The witness's account was consonant with the evidence collected at the scene.
“The symptoms were consonant with chronic exposure, yet Mara resisted triumph; proof did not restore the years in which frightened families had doubted themselves.”
— from the passage The Case She Carried
“Their measurements were consonant with Vane's notes: the overall tin proportion was correct, but microscopic islands of lead clustered between the bronze crystals.”
— from the passage The Fault in the Bronze
Synonyms for consonant
Other words for consonant — compatible, harmonious and consistent — carry the same meaning.
- compatible
- harmonious
- consistent
Antonyms of consonant
Words that mean the opposite of consonant:
- incompatible
- discordant
- conflicting
Where it comes from
From Latin consonare, meaning 'to sound together.'
Memory hook
CONSONANT sounds like consonance: ideas that sound together are in agreement.