Synonyms of the word sonant


SONANTPHONE - SOFT - SOUND - VOICED

sonant

  • adj. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
  • adj. (linguistics) voiced.
  • n. (linguistics) A voiced letter.

phone

  • n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
  • v. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
  • n. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as…

soft

  • adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
  • adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
  • adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
  • adj. Gentle.
  • adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
  • adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
  • adj. Weak in character; impressible.
  • adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
  • adj. Not bright or intense.
  • adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
  • adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
  • adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless.
  • adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized.
  • adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
  • adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
  • adj. (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
  • adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external…
  • adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
  • adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
  • adj. (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
  • adj. Agreeable to the senses.
  • adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
  • interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
  • adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
  • n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

sound

  • adj. Healthy.
  • adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
  • adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
  • adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
  • adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
  • adv. Soundly.
  • interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
  • n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
  • n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
  • n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
  • n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
  • v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
  • v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
  • v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
  • n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
  • n. The air bladder of a fish.
  • n. A cuttlefish.
  • v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
  • v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
  • v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  • v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
  • n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
  • n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

voiced

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of voice.
  • adj. (phonetics): Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s]…

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