rhyme
v.
compose rhymes, write words or lines of poetry that end in similar sounds; be similar in sound, sound alike or identical
n.
similarity of sound at the end of words or lines of poetry; word that ends with a sound similar to that of another word
Rhyme
This article is about the poetic technique. For the form of ice, see
rime ice. For linguistic rime (or rhyme) see
syllable rime. A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in
poetry. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming
couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as
nursery rhymes.
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rhyme
Noun
1. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
(synonym) rime
(hypernym) versification
(hyponym) internal rhyme
(part-holonym) poem, verse form
(derivation) rime
(class) assonant
2. a piece of poetry
(synonym) verse
(hypernym) poem, verse form
(hyponym) clerihew
(derivation) rime
Verb
1. compose rhymes
(synonym) rime
(hypernym) create verbally
(hyponym) tag
(derivation) verse
(classification) poetry, poesy, verse
2. be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"
(synonym) rime
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(hyponym) assonate
(derivation) rime
Rhyme
(v. t.)
To put into rhyme.
(v. t.)
To influence by rhyme.
(n.)
Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
(n.)
To make rhymes, or verses.
(n.)
To accord in rhyme or sound.
(n.)
Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
(n.)
An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
(n.)
A word answering in sound to another word.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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rhyme
Synonyms and related words:
English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, accord, alba, alliterate, alliteration, anacreontic, assonance, assonate, balada, ballad, ballade, beat, blank verse, bucolic, cadence, cadency, canso, cap verses, chanson, check, chime, clerihew, clink, cohere, common sense, comport, conform, consist, consonance, consort, correspond, crambo, dingdong, dirge, dithyramb, double rhyme, dovetail, drone, eclogue, elegy, epic, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, eye rhyme, georgic, ghazel, haiku, harping, humdrum, idyll, intelligence, jingle, jingle-jangle, limerick, logic, lyric, madrigal, meaning, measure, meter, monody, monotone, monotony, musical thought, narrative poem, near rhyme, nursery rhyme, ode, organization, palinode, paronomasia, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela, pastourelle, pitter-patter, poem, poesy, poetry, prothalamium, pun, rationale, rationality, repeated sounds, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, rhyme royal, rhyme scheme, rhyming dictionary, rime, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, rune, satire, scan, sestina, single rhyme, singsong, slant rhyme, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, soundness, stale repetition, structure, swing, tail rhyme, tanka, tedium, tenso, tenzone, the supreme fiction, threnody, triolet, trot, troubadour poem, unnecessary repetition, unrhymed poetry, verse, verselet, versicle, versification, villanelle, virelay, wisdom
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.