consonancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.nəns/specialized music a combination of sounds or musical notes that are pleasant when heard together
formal a situation in which people are peaceful and agree with each other, or when things seem right or suitable together:
Martin Luther King's vision of consonance still seems radical.
The Western concept of the beach is not in consonance with our cultural traditions.
Synonym
harmony
Opposite
dissonance
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing qualities of sound
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- background
- bass 1
- brassy
- crackle
- creaky
- depth
- distortion
- easy
- grating
- harmonious
- hollowly
- inaudible
- low-pitched
- pitched
- pure
- rhythmic
- sonorous
- squelch
- tune
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Examples from literature
- This is the first instance in musical theory where the third has been recognized as a consonance.