assonant
adj.
having similar sounds; using similar word sounds or syllable sounds (Poetry)
n.
similar sound
assonant
Adjective
1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
(similar) same
(classification) rhyme, rime
2. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
(similar) rhymed, rhyming, riming
Assonant (der)
n.
assonant, similar sound
assonant
adj.
assonant, having similar sounds
Assonant
(a.)
Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
(a.)
Having a resemblance of sounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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