🔄 Synonyms of "Spirant"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| softnoun | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| sibilantnoun | Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. |
| fricativenoun | (phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. |
| fricative consonantnoun | a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spirant"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fricativenoun | (phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. |
| softnoun | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| sibilantnoun | Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack. |
| fricative consonantnoun | a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract |
| bilabialnoun | (phonetics) Articulated with both lips. |
| voiceless | Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. |
| lateral fricativenoun | (phonetics) A fricative pronounced by directing the airstream around the sides of the tongue. |
| fricatizationnoun | (phonetics) The process of making or becoming fricative or a fricative. |
| affricatenoun | (phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative. |
| frisletnoun | A kind of small ruffle. |
| suffricatenoun | (phonetics, phonology) A consonant that begins as a fricative and ends as a plosive. |
| fricolateralnoun | (phonetics) lateral fricative |
| fricacenoun | (obsolete) Meat sliced and dressed with strong sauce. |
| dental fricativenoun | (phonetics) The phoneme produced when the tongue touches the upper teeth and air is blown. It can be voiced (ð) or unvoiced (θ). |
| formantnoun | (physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants. |
| fernticlenoun | (obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin. |
| fizzernoun | Something which fizzes. |
| fraischeur | — |
| franionnoun | (obsolete) A cheerful, frivolous person, a silly man; a loose woman. |
| flitternoun | A fluttering movement |
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