VOWEL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
   Synonym(s)
   • vowel sound (what does vowel sound mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) vowel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • phone (what does phone mean?)
   • speech sound (what does speech sound mean?)
   • sound (what does sound mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • consonant (what does consonant mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ablaut (what does ablaut mean?)
   • diphthong (what does diphthong mean?)
   • schwa (what does schwa mean?)
   • shwa (what does shwa mean?)
   • stem vowel (what does stem vowel mean?)
   • thematic vowel (what does thematic vowel mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • vocalize (what does vocalize mean?)
   • vocalise (what does vocalise mean?)
   • vowelize (what does vowelize mean?)
   • vowelise (what does vowelise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
   Hypernyms(s) vowel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • letter (what does letter mean?)
   • letter of the alphabet (what does letter of the alphabet mean?)
   • alphabetic character (what does alphabetic character mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • vowel point (what does vowel point mean?)