consonance
accord or agreement.
correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.
Music. a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.: Compare dissonance (def. 2).
Prosody.
the correspondence of consonants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse.: Compare alliteration (def. 1).
the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.
Physics. the property of two sounds the frequencies of which have a ratio equal to a small whole number.
Origin of consonance
1- Also con·so·nan·cy .
Other words for consonance
Opposites for consonance
Other words from consonance
- non·con·so·nance, noun
Words Nearby consonance
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How to use consonance in a sentence
There may be a bit too much consonance between the events past and present that give the novel its structure.
In ‘The Center of Everything,’ a woman with a brain injury tries to make sense of her thoughts — and her past | Ellen Akins | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostIn both cases, he explained, “an expert hand must constantly bring disharmony back to consonance.”
Their liking had matured into an attachment, which might have been predicated upon their consonance of feeling and sentiment.
Alone | Marion HarlandThe consonance came of itself, and ideas were born of the rhymes.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'AnnunzioHe chooses the work that is in consonance with his mode of life, and gives him leisure and strength to do his duty to God and man.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac Husik
With the changes in the rhythm of the dance, and the gestures that vary in consonance, the echo within sings to a new tune.
Spirit and Music | H. Ernest HuntMoreover, this order of succession is also in greater consonance with the general laws underlying social changes of this sort.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
British Dictionary definitions for consonance
consonancy
/ (ˈkɒnsənəns) /
agreement, harmony, or accord
prosody similarity between consonants, but not between vowels, as between the s and t sounds in sweet silent thought: Compare assonance (def. 1)
music
an aesthetically pleasing sensation or perception associated with the interval of the octave, the perfect fourth and fifth, the major and minor third and sixth, and chords based on these intervals: Compare dissonance (def. 3)
an interval or chord producing this sensation
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