SPIRANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
   Synonym(s)
   • fricative (what does fricative mean?)
   • fricative consonant (what does fricative consonant mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) spirant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • continuant consonant (what does continuant consonant mean?)
   • continuant (what does continuant mean?)

SPIRANT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f”, `s”, `z”, or `th” in both `thin” and `then”)
   Synonym(s)
   • fricative (what does fricative mean?)
   • sibilant (what does sibilant mean?)
   Similar To
   • soft (what does soft mean?)