consonance

noun con·so·nance \ ˈkän(t)-s(ə-)nən(t)s \

Definition of consonance

1 :harmony or agreement among components

His beliefs are in consonance with the political party's views.

2 a :correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words; specifically :recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels (as in the final sounds of "stroke" and "luck")

b :concord 1b

c :sympathetic vibration, resonance

See consonance defined for kids

Examples of consonance in a Sentence

at present, the living room lacks consonance because all of the furniture is on one side
in good writing there is always consonance of thought and expression, as the use of simple words for simple thoughts

Recent Examples of consonance from the Web

This creates an odd consonance between internal and external passage, one that suggests that the mind is also a landscape of sorts and that walking is one way to traverse it.

— charlotte shane, New Republic, "How Rebecca Solnit Became Essential Feminist Reading," 26 May 2017
These crosscurrents of connection add up to a consonance that might almost be mythic.

— hermione hoby, New York Times, "Debut Stories Blend Beastly Transformations With Teenage Turmoil," 26 May 2017
But a film also resonates peculiarly with the specific time of its creation, not necessarily through overt connections to current events but in terms of consonance or dissonance with prevailing moods.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Highlights from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival," 25 Jan. 2017
Amusics also can’t distinguish consonance from dissonance.

— sciencenow, WIRED, "Human Brain Is Wired for Harmony," 13 Nov. 2012

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'consonance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.