sonant

Speech parts

1. sonant - Noun

2. sonant - Adjective

Meaning

Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.

A sonant letter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soft voiced voiced sound strong consonant sonic liquid flat spoken vowel singing vocal oral pronounced acoustic
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Antonyms

written low weak thin soft silent
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Hypernyms

sound phone speech sound

Phrases with the word

co-sonant

Anagrams

santon Anston

Examples

a frequently voiced opinion Source: Internet

voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sona'bitch'u sonance sonancy sonantal sonantic Sonaparanta