nnoun.communicationconsonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tractSynset:continuant consonant
Antonyms:stop consonant
Hypernyms:obstruent
Inherited Hypernyms:continuant consonantobstruentconsonantphonelanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fricativefricative consonantspirant
Full Hyponyms:fricative consonantsibilant
adj satadj.allof speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')Synset:fricative sibilant spirant strident
Antonyms:hard
Derivationally Related Form:sibilantcontinuancesibilate
Inherited Hypernyms:fricative
Similar to:soft