Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assibilation

2 senses of assibilation

Sense 1
assibilation -- (the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant)
       => development, evolution -- (a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer")

Sense 2
sibilation, assibilation -- (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)
       => pronunciation -- (the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation")