resonant: Meaning and Definition of

res•o•nant

1. resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
2. deep and full of resonance: a resonant voice.
3. pertaining to resonance.
4. producing resonance; causing amplification or sustention of sound.
5. pertaining to a system in a state of resonance, esp. with respect to sound.

1. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).