Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus Cite Synonyms of spirant Find synonyms for: Noun1. fricative consonant, fricative, spirant, continuant consonant, continuantusage: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tractAdjective1. fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident, soft (vs. hard)usage: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.See also: spirant (Dictionary) Related Content Daily Word Quiz: quisling Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language Synonyms Index