Grep of noun sibilant
sibilant
sibilant consonant
Overview of noun sibilant
The noun sibilant has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sibilant, sibilant consonant -- (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))
Overview of adj sibilant
The adj sibilant has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fricative, sibilant, spirant -- (produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')))
Antonyms of adj sibilant
1 sense of sibilant
Sense 1
fricative, sibilant, spirant
INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> hard
Similarity of adj sibilant
1 sense of sibilant
Sense 1
fricative, sibilant, spirant
=> soft (vs. hard)
Attributes of adj sibilant
Familiarity of adj sibilant
sibilant used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj sibilant
sibilant
Overview of noun sibilant
The noun sibilant has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sibilant, sibilant consonant -- (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))
Overview of adj sibilant
The adj sibilant has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fricative, sibilant, spirant -- (produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')))
sibilant definition
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