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• n  a speech sound that is not a vowel
• n  a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
• s  involving or characterized by harmony
• s  in keeping

• The idea of a community kitchen was consonant with the neighborhood's intent of giving the poor a helping hand during the bad times.

• harmonic
• harmonical
• harmonized
• harmonised
• accordant
• agreeable
• conformable
• concordant

• vowel

News & Articles

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• Altitude may influence sounds of languages
  KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Certain consonant sounds are found only in languages spoken at high altitudes, according to new research.
  June 13, 2013 - UPI
• Does altitude determine the way we speak?
  A University of Miami anthropologist discovered a link between languages that possess a certain consonant sound and their altitude. Does geography shape how our languages sound?
  June 13, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Altitude May Influence Language Sounds
  The lower air pressure at high altitudes may be a factor in why ejective consonants are more popular in languages spoken higher up. Sophie Bushwick reports
  June 12, 2013 - Scientific American via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Dick Marty in Washington Post
  People in the CIA felt these things were not consonant with the sort of intelligence work they normally do,Marty said.
• Barack Obama in Bloomberg
  It was very important to make sure that any provisions that were there, were consonant with our obligations under WTO and Nafta and I think that was achieved,Obama said.
• Chris Potter in Jazz Police
  Recently, Nate Chinen (Jazz Times) described Underground as "an aggressive but consonant progressivism, often but not always rock-infused."