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Consonance

Consonance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Consonance? [n] the property of sounding harmonious [n] the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words Synonyms \| Synonyms for Consonance: consonant rhyme \| harmoniousness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Consonance: accord \| accordance \| affinity \| agreement \| alliteration \| assent \| assonance \| attune \| attunement \| blank verse \| calm \| chime \| chiming \| chorus \| clink \| coherence \| coincidence \| compatibility \| concentus \| concert \| concord \| concordance \| conformance \| conformation \| conformity \| congeniality \| congruence \| congruency \| congruity \| consistency \| consonancy \| consort \| constancy \| continuity \| cooperation \| correspondence \| crambo \| diapason \| double rhyme \| equability \| equanimity \| equilibrium \| equivalence \| euphony \| evenness \| eye rhyme \| harmonics \| harmony \| heavy harmony \| homogeneity \| homophony \| intersection \| monochord \| monody \| monolithism \| near rhyme \| oneness \| overlap \| parallelism \| peace \| persistence \| rapport \| rhyme \| rhyme royal \| rhyme scheme \| rhyming dictionary \| self-consistency \| single rhyme \| slant rhyme \| stability \| steadfastness \| steadiness \| symmetry \| symphony \| sync \| synchronism \| synchronization \| tail rhyme \| tally \| three-part harmony \| timing \| tune \| uniformity \| union \| unison \| unisonance \| unity \| unrhymed poetry \| unruffledness See Also \| harmony \| rhyme \| rime Consonance In Webster's Dictionary \Con"sonance\, Consonancy \Con"sonan*cy\, n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.] 1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth. 2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond. The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. --Tyndall. 3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.] By the consonancy of our youth. --Shak. Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.

Consonance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Consonance?

[n] the property of sounding harmonious
[n] the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

Synonyms | Synonyms for Consonance: consonant rhyme | harmoniousness

See Also | harmony | rhyme | rime

Consonance In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"so*nance\, Consonancy \Con"so*nan*cy\, n. [L.
consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.]
1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced
   simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and
   eighth.

2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency;
   suitableness.

         The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to
         the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond.

         The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it
         is in consonance.                     --Tyndall.

3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.]

         By the consonancy of our youth.       --Shak.

Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony;
     congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.

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