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Thesaurus: assonant

Having a resemblance of sounds.

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Definitions

  1. a. Having a resemblance of sounds.
  2. a. Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
  3. adj. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
  4. adj. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
  5. 1. Having a resemblance of sounds. 2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
  6. Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance;not consonant.
  7. s. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables s. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables