Definition of sibilant
Adjectives
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
- Synonyms:
- continuant, fricative, spirant, strident
-
soft
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
Nouns
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
- Synonyms:
- sibilant consonant
- Type of:
-
fricative, fricative consonant, spirant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
Vocabulary Lists for sibilant
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- ab initio
- actus reus
- abaft
- abase
- abate
- abdicate
- abet
- acolyte
- alacrity
- anachronism
- anathema
- angst