sibilant

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Adjective sibilant has 1 sense

fricative, sibilant, spirant - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)

Noun sibilant has 1 sense

sibilant, sibilant consonant - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
--₁ is a kind of consonant

Derived forms: verb sibilate₃, verb assibilate₁, verb assibilate₂, verb sibilate₁, verb sibilate₂

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