'Consonance' definitions:
Definition of 'consonance'
From: WordNet
noun
The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words [syn: consonance, consonant rhyme]
noun
The property of sounding harmonious [syn: consonance, harmoniousness]
Definition of 'Consonance'
From: GCIDE
- Consonance \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. [1913 Webster]
- The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- By the consonancy of our youth. --Shak.
- Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consonance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Consonance'
- Consonancy,
- Consonant,
- Consonantly,
- Consonantness,
- Consonous,
- consonate,
- Imperfect consonances,
- affricate consonant,
- alveolar consonant,
- consonant rhyme,
- consonant shifting,
- consonant system,
- continuant consonant,
- dental consonant,
- fricative consonant,
- guttural consonant,
- labial consonant,
- labiodental consonant,
- nasal consonant,
- pharyngeal consonant,
- plosive consonant,
- sibilant consonant,
- stop consonant,
- velar consonant,
- voiceless consonant