resonant /ˈɹɛzənənt/adjective 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •Resounding, echoing.From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell. •Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency. noun2 •A sonorant vowel or consonant. •Any of the Proto-Indo-European consonants *l, *m, *n, *r, *w (*u̯), and *y (*i̯) or its descendants in an Indo-European language, capable of syllabic pronunciation in the zero grade and represented by the cover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation. formsresonants · more resonant · most resonant