consonance

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/
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/ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/ · /ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/

Definition of consonance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
    “Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.”

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Etymology

From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.

Words you can make from consonance

120 playable · top: COONCANS (12 pts)

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7-letter words

6 words

6-letter words

10 words

5-letter words

27 words

4-letter words

37 words

3-letter words

27 words

2-letter words

12 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to consonance to make another valid word.

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