concordant

adjective

kən-ˈkȯr-dᵊnt How to pronounce concordant (audio)
Definition of concordantnext
as in consistent
not having or showing any apparent conflict the movie's opening-weekend gross was fairly concordant with box-office returns for that genre

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Recent Examples of concordant One of those studies was an on-site evaluation by Shoppers Drug Mart (Canada's largest retail pharmacy chain), which found concordant results between Truvian and a central laboratory. — John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 Finding a common language is just one way in which medical schools, clinics, hospitals and health-care networks are working to address health disparities as part of an increasingly visible movement known as culturally sensitive or concordant care. — Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 Overall, 27 of the respondents (19 percent) had different gender identities at the time of their surgery than at the time of the survey, but their regret and satisfaction ratings were not significantly different than those who had concordant identities. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concordant
  1. consistent
  2. compatible
  3. consonant
Adjective
  • Sorel is one of the most underrated shoe brands on the market—and a consistent favorite among Glamour editors.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Duties include overseeing the diligence, structuring and execution of private market investments that support the energy transition and other sustainability focused investments consistent with the portfolio strategy.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of consistent
Adjective
  • Enter associate director Chloe (Bella Coppola), a former actress with a terrific singing voice whose body size, she’s been told repeatedly, isn’t compatible with the career of a leading lady.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Apple, Google, and Samsung use it in all their latest phones, and most smartphones are compatible with PD chargers.
    — Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of compatible
Adjective
  • China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.
    — Simon Tay, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2010
  • Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.
    — Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Definition of consonant

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“Concordant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concordant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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