nnoun.communicationa consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)Synset:sibilant consonant
Derivationally Related Form:sibilantsibilateassibilate
Hypernyms:fricative fricative consonant spirant
Inherited Hypernyms:sibilantfricative consonantcontinuant consonantobstruentconsonantphonelanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
adj satadj.allof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')Synset:continuant fricative spirant strident
Antonyms:hard
Derivationally Related Form:sibilantcontinuancesibilate
Inherited Hypernyms:fricative
Similar to:soft