Something that is consonant with something else fits or agrees with it very well.
[formal]
I found their work very much consonant with this way of thinking.
Synonyms: in agreement with, correspondent with, consistent with, compatible with More Synonyms of consonant
consonant in British English
(ˈkɒnsənənt)
noun
1.
a speech sound or letter of the alphabet other than a vowel; a stop, fricative, or continuant
adjective
2. (postpositive; foll by with or to)
consistent; in agreement
3.
harmonious in tone or sound
4. music
characterized by the presence of a consonance
5.
being or relating to a consonant
Derived forms
consonantly (ˈconsonantly)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Latin consonāns, from consonāre to sound at the same time, be in harmony, from sonāre to sound
consonant in American English
(ˈkɑnsənənt)
adjective
1.
in harmony or agreement; in accord
2.
harmonious in tone
see also dissonant
3. Prosody
having consonance
4.
consonantal
noun
5.
any speech sound in the production of which the speaker completely stops and then releases the air stream, as in (p, t, k, b, d, g), stops it at one point while it escapes at another, as in (m, n, ŋ, l, r), forces it through a loosely closed or very narrow passage, as in (f, v, s, z, (ʃ) , ; ʒ) , ; θ) , ; ð) , ; ç) , ; x) , h, w, ; j) ), or uses a combination of these means, as in (; tʃ) , ; dʒ) )
see also vowel
6.
a letter or symbol representing such a sound
7. Linguistics
any phoneme, esp. one produced as described above, that does not form the peak of a syllable
Derived forms
consonantly (ˈconsonantly)
adverb
Word origin
OFr < L consonans: see consonance
Examples of 'consonant' in a sentence
consonant
Speakers of any language often have problems pronouncing consonants or vowels which do not exist in their mother tongue.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I listened to the hard guttural consonants and the throaty laughs.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
This provided the flexibility needed to produce a variety of vowels and consonants, a flexibility denied to the apes.
Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
I'm keeping a balance of two vowels and two consonants.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I want my own stuff, my own rhythm, and vowels and consonants too.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
In other languages
consonant
British English: consonant /ˈkɒnsənənt/ NOUN
A consonant is a sound such as /p/ or /f/ which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth.
...the sounds of vowels and consonants.
American English: consonant
Arabic: حَرْف سَاكِن
Brazilian Portuguese: consoante
Chinese: 辅音
Croatian: suglasnik
Czech: souhláska
Danish: konsonant
Dutch: medeklinker
European Spanish: consonante
Finnish: konsonantti
French: consonne
German: Konsonant
Greek: σύμφωνο γράμμα
Italian: consonante
Japanese: 子音
Korean: 자음
Norwegian: konsonant
Polish: spółgłoska
European Portuguese: consoante
Romanian: consoană
Russian: согласный звук
Latin American Spanish: consonante
Swedish: konsonant
Thai: ตัวพยัญชนะ
Turkish: ünsüz gramer
Ukrainian: приголосний
Vietnamese: phụ âm
All related terms of 'consonant'
consonant shift
a change , or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
stop consonant
a consonant sound that is made while stopping the airway
consonant cluster
a group of consonants without an intervening vowel
coronal consonant
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth, or the gum just above it
double consonant
the act or state of being doubled or paired
imploded consonant
a consonant which is pronounced with or by implosion
linking consonant
a consonant inserted between two vowels in speech
stop
If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it.
stop thrust
to cease from doing or being (something); discontinue
Chinese translation of 'consonant'
consonant
(ˈkɔnsənənt)
n(c)
辅(輔)音 (fǔyīn) (个(個), gè)
(adjective)
Their work is very much consonant with this way of thinking.