CONCORDANT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

concordant

adjective

kən-ˈkȯr-dᵊnt

Definition of concordant

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 The women’s voices rose, gentle and emotive in unison, before splitting into two concordant melodies. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 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 This alternative title succinctly and intuitively confers the role of PAs, disambiguates them from assistant physicians, and is concordant with the AAPA’s professional definition. — Peter A. Young, STAT, 2 June 2023

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Adjective

The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
The list takes months to compile, with multiple steps and checks designed to ensure the ranking is rigorous and consistent.

— Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of consistent

Adjective

Vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, technology allows compatible vehicles and chargers to exchange electricity with the grid rather than simply charging the battery.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
In practice, however, the number of vehicles that are actually compatible is still very limited.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of compatible

Adjective

The film’s treatment of Odysseus’s lies, too, seems consonant with the Ten Commandments instead of Homer’s moral worldview.

— Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

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