Resonant

//ˈɹɛzənənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sonorant vowel or consonant.
  2. 2
    A sonorant vowel or consonant.; Any of the Proto-Indo-European consonants *l, *m, *n, *r, *w (*u̯), and *y (*i̯) or its descendants in an Indo-European language, capable of syllabic pronunciation in the zero grade and represented by the cover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation. Indo-European-studies
Adjective
  1. 1
    Resounding, echoing.

    "From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell."

  2. 2
    Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
Adjective
  1. 1
    serving to bring to mind wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by resonance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
reverberatingbeatingboomingboomingconsonantdeep

Example

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"Tom's deep voice is so resonant and mellifluous that I could spend hours listening to him read aloud from the phone book."

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonāre (“to resound”).

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