About The Word Consonance
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Consonance
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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"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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