What is "rhyme" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does rhyme mean in English? Meaning of rhyme definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "rhyme" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "rhyme": correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

Noun

  • Meaning: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
  • Synonyms: rhyme rime
  • Hyponyms: alliteration assonance beginning rhyme consonance consonant rhyme double rhyme eye rhyme head rhyme initial rhyme internal rhyme vowel rhyme
  • Hypernyms: versification
  • Meaning of "rhyme": compose rhymes

    Verb

  • Meaning: compose rhymes
  • Synonyms: rhyme rime
  • Hyponyms: alliterate tag
  • Hypernyms: create verbally
  • Meaning of "rhyme": a piece of poetry

    Noun

  • Meaning: a piece of poetry
  • Synonyms: rhyme verse
  • Hyponyms: clerihew doggerel doggerel verse jingle limerick
  • Hypernyms: poem verse form
  • Meaning of "rhyme": be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

    Verb

  • Meaning: be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
  • Example: hat and cat rhyme
  • Synonyms: rhyme rime
  • Hyponyms: assonate
  • Hypernyms: agree check correspond fit gibe jibe match tally
  • Synonyms:

    poem, poetry, verse, cadence, rhythm, tune, song, beat, couplet, poesy, meter, harmony, measure, ode, doggerel, rune, alliteration, iambic pentameter, half-rhyme, nursery rhyme, slant rhyme, vowel-chime,

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