resonant
/ˈɹɛzənənt/
resonant adjective: resounding, echoing.
Adjective
resonant (comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)
- Resounding, echoing.
- From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.
- strike a resonant note
- Synonyms:
- booming
- Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
Noun
resonant (plural resonants)
- A sonorant vowel or consonant.
- Synonyms:
- sonorant
- Any of the Proto-Indo-European consonants *l, *m, *n, *r, *w (*u̯), and *y (*i̯) or its descendants in an Indo-European language, capable of syllabic pronunciation in the zero grade and represented by the cover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation.
resonant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
resonant in Hindi
- resonant, noisy, loud
- पुष्कल puṣkal
resonant in Tamil
- பரிவுள்ள, எதிரொலிக்கின்ற
resonant in Marathi
- अनुनादात्मक
resonant in Urdu
- resonant
- متفرق mutafarriq
More languagesFewer languages
- resonant in Bengali
- অনুরণনশীল, অনুরণনীয়
- resonant in Malayalam
- മുഴങ്ങുന്ന, പ്രതിധ്വനിക്കുന്ന, മുഴക്കസ്വഭാവമുളള
- resonant in Kannada
- ಅನುರಣಿಸುವ, ಮಾರ್ದನಿಸುವ, ಹೊಳಲಿಡುವ, ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿತವಾಗುವ
- resonant in Odia
- ଅନୁରଣିତ, ଅନୁରଣନଶୀଳ
- resonant in Nepali
- अनुनादात्मक
Examples of resonant in a sentence
- His warning was chillingly resonant of late 20th century clashes between two ideologically opposed superpowers.
- But now I think I’ve found a particularly disturbing and personally resonant reason for my Disneyphobia.
- Life-tellings of the moment have become increasingly common and resonant in the Web 2.0 era.
Synonyms of resonant
Forms of resonant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more resonant |
| superlative | most resonant |
| Noun | |
| plural | resonants |
Origin of resonant
Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem.
Words formed from resonant
Phrases with resonant
Questions about resonant
- What does resonant mean?
- Resonant means resounding, echoing.
- What is resonant in Hindi?
- Resonant in Hindi is पुष्कल (puṣkal). See Resonant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is resonant?
- Resonant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce resonant?
- Resonant is pronounced /ˈɹɛzənənt/.
Words near resonant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: resonant (page history and authors); पुष्कल (Hindi) (page history and authors); resonant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resonant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); متفرق (Urdu) (page history and authors); resonant (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resonant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resonant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resonant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resonant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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