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

Chains rely on their ability to offer a consistent supply on a huge scale, said Stephen Zagor, a restaurant consultant and adjunct associate professor at Columbia Business School.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Yet cargo freight has been hard to electrify because long-haul trucks need hundreds of miles of range while carrying heavy loads, and charging infrastructure has not been consistent.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of consistent

Adjective

The approach also keeps JR3 compatible with launchers already used by Army units.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Due to antibodies from previous transfusions and a transplant, finding a compatible second kidney was nearly impossible.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 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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