consonance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=so=nance

CIDE DICTIONARY

consonance, n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.].

•  Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.  [1913 Webster]
•  Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.  [1913 Webster]

  "The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity."  [1913 Webster]

  "The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance."  [1913 Webster]
•  Friendship; concord.  [1913 Webster]

  "By the consonancy of our youth."

Syn. -- Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

consonance, n.
1 agreement, harmony.
2 Prosody a recurrence of similar-sounding consonants.
3 Mus. a harmonious combination of notes; a harmonious interval.

Etymology

ME f. OF consonance or L consonantia (as consonant)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

consonance

Uniformity

N uniformity, homogeneity, homogeneousness, consistency, connaturality, connaturalness, homology, accordance, conformity, agreement, consonance, uniformness, regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine, monotony, uniform, homogeneous, homologous, of a piece, consistent, connatural, monotonous, even, invariable, regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying, unsegmented, uniformly, uniformly with, in harmony with, always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise, by clockwork, ab uno disce omnes.

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Concord

N concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.