Definition of consonant:

• A letter which cannot be sounded without a vowel.
• In accordance; agreeing in sound; consisting of consonants.
• Agreeing; according; consistent; suitable.

Usage examples for consonant

1. As compared with the English, the French or continental fashion is certainly more consonant with the rules of good breeding.  Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness by Arthur Martine

2. Nor is it consonant with ordinary common sense.  Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by George Hebard Maxwell

3. But such natural and even pagan good- nature is consonant with the warm wet woods and comfortable clouds of South England; it never had any place among the harsh and thrifty squires in the plains of East Prussia, the land of the East Wind.  The Crimes of England by G.K. Chesterton