Meanings
comparative more concordant · superlative most concordant · alternative concordaunt
- Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).
Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC1 more example
Even in the case of direct effect, different factors, such as light, temperature, turgor, and so on, are undergoing independent variations; it may thus happen that their reactions may sometimes be concordant and at other times discordant.
1918, Jagdish Chandra Bose, Life Movement in PlantsSynonyms: consonant, in keeping with
- mathematicsPreserving the sign.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAgreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein keeping
adjectivebeing of the same opinion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinconcordans
- Frenchconcordant
- Englishconcordant
French concordant, from Latin concordans, present participle of concordare. See concord.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan concordant
- concordantagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
French concordant
- concordantagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Hungarian megegyező, összhangban álló
- megegyezőagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- összhangban állóagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Italian concordante, concorde
- concordanteagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- concordeagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Polish zgodny
- zgodnyagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Portuguese conforme, concordante
- conformeagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- concordanteagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- concordeagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Russian согласованный
- согласованный (soglasovannyj)agreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Scottish Gaelic aon-ghuthach
- aon-ghuthachagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Spanish concordante, concorde
- concordanteagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- concordeagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Welsh cytûn, cyfun
- cytûnagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- cyfunagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
- cydgordiolagreeing, correspondent, harmonious
Cite this entry
concordant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concordant
“concordant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concordant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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