CONSORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does consort mean?
• CONSORT (noun)
The noun CONSORT has 2 senses:
1. the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
2. a family of similar musical instrument playing together
Familiarity information: CONSORT used as a noun is rare.
• CONSORT (verb)
The verb CONSORT has 3 senses:
1. keep company with; hang out with
2. go together
3. keep company
Familiarity information: CONSORT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONSORT (noun)
Meaning:
The husband or wife of a reigning monarch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("consort" is a kind of...):
better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse (a person's partner in marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consort"):
prince consort (a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign)
Instance hyponyms:
Francoise d'Aubigne; Madame de Maintenon; Maintenon; Marquise de Maintenon (French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719))
Meaning:
A family of similar musical instrument playing together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
choir; consort
Hypernyms ("consort" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
• CONSORT (verb)
Meaning:
Keep company with; hang out with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
consort; assort; associate; affiliate
Context examples:
He associates with strange people / She affiliates with her colleagues
Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "consort"):
ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)
date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
accompany; companion; company; keep company (be a companion to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Go together
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
accord; concord; fit in; harmonise; harmonize; consort; agree
Context examples:
The colors don't harmonize / Their ideas concorded
Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "consort"):
blend; blend in; go (blend or harmonize)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Keep company
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
consort; run
Context example:
the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring
Hypernyms (to "consort" is one way to...):
accompany (go or travel along with)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
