assonant

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assonant
adj. having similar sounds; using similar word sounds or syllable sounds (Poetry)
 
n. similar sound


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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



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Assonant (der)
n. assonant, similar sound

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assonant
adj. assonant, having similar sounds

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Assonant
(a.)
Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
  
 
(a.)
Having a resemblance of sounds.
  

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