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

1 sense of sibilant consonant

Sense 1
sibilant, sibilant consonant -- (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))
       => fricative consonant, fricative, spirant -- (a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract)