Resonant Definition

rĕzə-nənt
adjective
Resounding or reechoing.
A resonant sound.
Webster's New World
Having a lasting presence or effect; enduring.
American Heritage
Producing resonance; increasing the intensity of sounds by sympathetic vibration.
Resonant walls.
Webster's New World
Full of, characterized by, or intensified by, resonance.
A resonant voice, a resonant passage in a novel.
Webster's New World
Strongly reminiscent; evocative.
A monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
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noun
A sonorant.
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Origin of Resonant

  • Latin resonāns resonant- present participle of resonāre to resound resound

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin resonare (“to resound")

    From Wiktionary

Resonant Sentence Examples

  • His voice has a pleasing lilt merging tightly with a resonant guitar.

  • His commanding presence, mastery of diction, and resonant voice made him an effective platform speaker.

  • The music rises in tone majestically, but tapers down again, only to end on a powerfully resonant note.

  • There was a rich, deep-toned, resonant eloquence mingled with the speculative exposition; his style of expression was clear, elegant and forcible, abounding in happy turns and striking antitheses.

  • Jones provides the deep, resonant voice, while Prowse's intimidating size gives towering bulk to the black caped figure.

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Words Starting With

RRERES

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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resonant

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With NT

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With T