Antonyms for concordant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kon-kawr-dnt, kuh n-
Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkɔr dnt, kən-


Definition of concordant

Origin :
  • late 15c. of persons, 1510s of things, 1550s of music, from French concordant, from Latin concordantem, present participle of concordare (see concord). Related: Concordantly.
  • As in melodious/melodic : adj harmonious, musical
  • As in unanimous : adj in agreement; uncontested
  • As in united : adj combined; in agreement
  • As in melodious : adj harmonious
  • As in harmonic : adj harmonious
  • As in symphonious : adj harmonious
  • As in concomitant : adj contributing, accompanying
  • As in congruous : adj corresponding, suitable
  • As in consonant : adj agreeing, consistent
  • As in amicable : adj friendly, especially regarding an agreement
  • As in harmonious : adj agreeable, corresponding; friendly
Example sentences :
  • This must be regarded with some suspicion, as the data were not concordant.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Their united testimony is so concordant that it is altogether irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) » by Sutherland Menzies
  • The temperaments of the breeding couple ought to be concordant.
  • Extract from : « Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex » by Samuel Leopold Schenk
  • Sometimes these two Executives are concordant, sometimes discordant.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Theodore Parker » by Theodore Parker
  • Nay, sweet Mistress Tickleman, be concordant; reverence antiquity.
  • Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt
  • All these form a kind of continuous series, and illustrate the structure of the personality in concordant ways.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • Concordant sounds, the highest and the lowest, agree in such way that if one of them happens to dissonate it offends the ear.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews
  • And with this concordant song of gratitude to God, the third session of the Vatican Council was appropriately closed.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
  • Why, in the latter case, should there be absence of thought instead of a union of two or several thoughts, concordant or contrary?
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
  • Now a recollection thus precise and concordant cannot be a myth voluntarily invented.
  • Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 » by Various

Synonyms for concordant

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