1. (adj) fricative consonant, fricative, spirant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
Synonyms: fricative consonant, fricative, spirant
Antonyms: hard
2. (adj) fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Synonyms: raucous, shrill, sibilant, fricative, clamorous, clamant, blatant, vociferous, continuant, strident, spirant
Antonyms: hard
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Synonyms for spirant 
